Disparities in scientific research activity between doctors and nurses working in the Peruvian health care system: Analysis of a nationally representative sample.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To evaluate disparities in the frequency of scientific activity between medical doctors and nurses in Peru.

Methods

We carried out a secondary data analysis of the National Health Services Users' Satisfaction Survey (ENSUSALUD), 2016. This nationally representative survey evaluates doctors and nurses working in clinical settings. We defined scientific activity as i) having published an original article (journal indexed in Web of Science, Scopus or Medline); and ii) having authored an abstract in a national or international conference. We estimated crude and adjusted disparities prevalence ratios (aDPR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI).

Results

We included 2025 doctors and 2877 nurses in the analysis; 71% of doctors doctor were male, and 93% of nurses were fema

SUBMITTER: Vergara-Mejia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9439198 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature