Research Article
Research Capacity at Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Centers in China: A Survey of Clinical Investigators
Table 2
Academic and research characteristics of TCM clinical investigators.
| Academic and research characteristics | | % |
| Status of directing a grant | | | National level | 73 | 12.50% | Provincial/ministerial level | 169 | 28.94% | Municipal level | 127 | 21.75% | Hospital/college level | 107 | 18.32% | None | 98 | 16.78% | Status of being involved in project | | | National level | 324 | 55.48% | Provincial/ministerial level | 328 | 56.16% | Municipal level | 161 | 27.57% | Hospital/college level | 81 | 13.87% | None | 69 | 11.82% | Number of professional articles read each month | | | 1 | 179 | 30.65% | 2–5 | 208 | 35.62% | 6–10 | 116 | 19.86% | 11–20 | 45 | 7.71% | 20 | 36 | 6.16% | Number of publications (first/corresponding author) | | | 0 | 61 | 10.45% | 1–5 | 285 | 48.80% | 6–10 | 108 | 18.49% | 11–20 | 93 | 15.92% | 20 | 37 | 6.34% | Number of Publications (coauthor) | | | 0 | 117 | 20.08% | 1–5 | 246 | 42.11% | 6–10 | 105 | 17.93% | 11–20 | 71 | 12.10% | 20 | 45 | 7.78% | Methodology Study | | | Clinical Epidemiology | 316 | 54.11% | Evidence-based Medicine | 176 | 30.14% | Medical Statistics | 330 | 56.51% |
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