Cross-sectional analysis of UK research studies in 2015: results from a scoping project with the UK Health Research Authority.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether data on research studies held by the UK Health Research Authority (HRA) could be summarised automatically with minimal manual intervention. There are numerous initiatives to reduce research waste by improving the design, conduct, analysis and reporting of clinical studies. However, quantitative data on the characteristics of clinical studies and the impact of the various initiatives are limited.

Design

Feasibility study, using 1 year of data.

Setting

We worked with the HRA on a pilot study using research applications submitted for UK-wide ethical review. We extracted into a single dataset, information held in anonymised XML files by the Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) and the HRA Assessment Review Portal (HARP). Research a

SUBMITTER: Clark T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196875 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature