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[The factors related to the research activities of primary care physicians]
J A de la Fuente1, J Mercader, C Borrell
1Societat Catalana de Medicina Familiar i Comunitaria.
Objective:
To find the factors related with the research activities of primary care (PC) doctors in Catalonia, especially their motivation and the obstacles to research perceived by the doctors themselves.
Design:
An observational, crossover study.
Setting:
Primary care doctors in Catalonia.
Participants:
The number of doctors (1,286) was divided into two: a) doctors who had published between 1989 and 1994 (n = 146), b) doctors who had not published.
Interventions:
A survey concerning personal and workplace variables was carried out by post.
Results:
The reply percentage was 49.5% (63.7% among those who had published and 44.85% among those who had not). The multivariant analysis showed a significant link between publishing and postgraduate residence training (MIR), the fact of working in a teaching centre and working in a centre with more than ten doctors.
Conclusions:
Research is close related to postgraduate residence training (MIR), work in a teaching unit and PC centres with over ten doctors. Care load, lack of time and difficulty in getting financing were the main obstacles to research given by the doctors polled.