%0 Journal Article %T Trainee resident participation in health research in a resource-constrained setting in south-eastern Nigeria: perspectives, issues and challenges. A cross-sectional survey of three residency training centres %A Boniface Ikenna Eze %A Cajetan Uwaturuonye Nwadinigwe %A Justin Achor %A Emmanuel Nwabueze Aguwa %A Anthony Mbah %A Francis Ozoemena %J BMC Medical Education %D 2012 %I BioMed Central %R 10.1186/1472-6920-12-40 %X This cross-sectional survey of trainee residents was conducted across three residency training centres in Enugu, Nigeria, between February and March, 2010. The number and speciality distribution of trainee residents were determined from personnel records at each centre. A 19-item questionnaire was used to record demographic characteristics, research training/experience, and attitudes toward and perceived barriers to health research. Data were analysed to yield frequencies, percentages and proportions. Values of pˋ<ˋ0.05 were considered significant.The response rate was 93.2%. The respondents (nˋ=ˋ136) comprised 109 males and 27 females. Their meanˋ㊣ˋstandard deviation age was 35.8ˋ㊣ˋ5.6ˋyears (range: 25每53ˋyears). Participation in research was significantly associated with previous research training [odds ratio (OR): 2.90; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.35每6.25, pˋ=ˋ0.003, 汕ˋ=ˋ22.57], previous research participation (OR: 2.21; 95% CI: 0.94每5.29, pˋ=ˋ0.047, 汕ˋ=ˋ22.53) and research publication (OR: 2.63; 95% CI: 1.00每7.06, pˋ=ˋ0.03, 汕ˋ=ˋ22.57). Attitude towards research was significantly influenced by perceived usefulness of research in patient care (OR: 7.10; 95% CI: 3.33每15.13, pˋ=ˋ0.001), job promotion (OR: 8.97; 95% CI: 4.12每19.53, pˋ=ˋ0.001) and better understanding of disease (OR: 21.37; 95% CI: 8.71每54.44, pˋ=ˋ0.001). Time constraints (OR: 0.06; 95% CIˋ=ˋ0.025每0.14, pˋ=ˋ0.001), funding (OR: 0.028; 95% CI: 0.008每0.10, pˋ=ˋ0.001) and mentorship (OR: 0.086; 95% CI: 0.36每0.21, pˋ=ˋ0.001) were significant barriers to research participation.System and individual factors are significant incentives to research participation, while system-derived factors are significant barriers. Pre-residency research, dedicated research time, adequate research funding and commensurate research mentorship rewards are instructive. Prospective longitudinal studies are warranted to confirm these findings. %K Trainee residents %K Health research %K Participation %K Attitudes %K Barriers %K Nigeria %U http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/12/40/abstract