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Knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceptions of clinicians towards conducting clinical trials in an Academic Tertiary Care Center

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Objectives: To investigate the knowledge, attitudes practices and perceptions of clinicians concerning the conducting of clinical trials (CTs). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on clinicians at King Fahad Medical… Click to show full abstract

Objectives: To investigate the knowledge, attitudes practices and perceptions of clinicians concerning the conducting of clinical trials (CTs). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on clinicians at King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire which divided into 5 sections: Section 1 covered respondents’ demographics. The other 4 sections explored respondents’ knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practice towards conducting CTs. Results: A total of 316 clinicians completed the questionnaire. The majority were assistant consultants and consultants 125 (39.5%) and 108 (34.2%), respectively. One hundred sixty-nine (56%) respondents were not aware of the Declaration of Helsinki at all. Two hundred seventy-five (88.4%) respondents expressed interest in conducting CTs and 61.7% and participants showed their willingness to facilitate and assist in CTs conducted by other clinicians. Moreover, 112 (35.9%) respondents participated in CTs previously. Regarding the disadvantages in conducting CTs, participants indicated that the paperwork was complicated and they believed that they might lose patients from their clinical practice once they are recruited in CTs. Lack of research protected time for clinicians 295 (97.7%), and a shortage of clinical research coordinators 293 (97%) were the main problems reported by respondents. Conclusions: Although the majority of participants had an unsatisfactory level of knowledge and misperceptions about CTs, they showed an interest in and positive attitudes about conducting CTs.

Keywords: attitudes practices; practices perceptions; knowledge; perceptions clinicians; knowledge attitudes; conducting clinical

Journal Title: Saudi Medical Journal
Year Published: 2018

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