Industry-funded research: An analysis of health care professional attitudes
by Shearer, Brenna D., Ph.D., CAPELLA UNIVERSITY, 2010, 194 pages; 3433185

Abstract:

The attitudes of health care professionals toward pharmaceutical industry funding of research are described in the quantitative, nonexperimental, descriptive study. The purpose of the study was to understand how characteristics of health care professionals, exposure to industry research funding, and utilization of institutional policies are associated with attitudes toward pharmaceutical industry funding of research. A newly developed 36-item survey instrument was utilized with a sample population of 98 Canadian health care professionals. A 33% response rate to the web-based survey was achieved. The calculated Cronbach’s alpha for all constructs of the research survey was 0.85. There was insufficient evidence to reject the null hypotheses of the 3 research questions. Health care professionals believed pharmaceutical industry interest is ethical and pharmaceutical industry-funded research outcomes are credible. Health care professionals involved in pharmaceutical industry-funded research were aware of institutional policies to guide industry research interactions and were aware of the conflict of interest issues that arise from these interactions. Health care professionals believed public funds are inadequate to support research activities and that blending public funds and pharmaceutical industry funds for research is acceptable. An independent third party organization was identified as a management solution to reduce pharmaceutical industry conflicts of interest with research involvement while maximizing opportunities for industry financial research support. Recommendations for future research were focused on expanding the sample population to achieve a larger response rate, validating the survey instrument through repeated use, and including survey questions to determine pharmaceutical industry research funding intentions.

 
AdviserNeil Mathur
SchoolCAPELLA UNIVERSITY
SourceDAI/B 72-02, p. , Jan 2011
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsHealth care management
Publication Number3433185
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