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Table 3 Personal job perception (N = 78)

From: Job description and perception of clinical research personnel working in a network of French intensive care units

About participation in unit staff meetings (valid for 57.7% of the sample)

Positive perception of the usefulness

47 (64.4)

Reasons for usefulness, ranked from most to least useful

 Facilitating identification or selection of patients for inclusion

1st

 Better integration in the team

2nd

 Greater knowledge of diseases and care

3rd

 Learning/expanding medical vocabulary

4th

Perceived positive aspects of the job (ranked from most to least appreciated)

 

 Autonomy

1st

 Relational aspects

2nd

 Working in a team

 

 Scientific interest

 

 Organisation and logistical management

5th

 Personal development

6th

Perceived negative aspects of the job (ranked from most to least disliked)

 

 Lack of time

1st

 Administrative procedures and paperwork

 

 Constraints

3rd

 Routine

4th

 Isolation

 

Satisfaction with the training programme since joining the institutiona

6 (4–7)

About the multivalence of the job (valid for 50.0% of the sample)

 

 Satisfaction with multivalence

 

  Dissatisfied

0 (0.0)

  Not much satisfied

2 (5.1)

  Neutral opinion

3 (7.7)

  Satisfied

10 (25.6)

  Very satisfied

24 (61.5)

 Sense of personal job efficiencyb

8 (7–8)

About the organisation of clinical research within the institution

 

 Satisfaction with the institution’s overall organisationa

5 (3–7)

 Perception of complexity of the institution’s organisation in managing the studies it sponsorsc

7 (5–8)

 Satisfaction with personal work organisationa

7 (5–8)

 Satisfaction with personal career management by the institutiona

5 (2–6)

Job stress

 

 Personal stress in the jobd

5 (2–7)

  1. aRated on an 11-point numerical scale, from 0 (maximum dissatisfaction) to 10 (maximum satisfaction); brated on an 11-point numerical scale, from 0 (no efficiency) to 10 (maximum efficiency); crated on an 11-point numerical scale, from 0 (no complexity) to 10 (maximum complexity); drated on an 11-point numerical scale, from 0 (no stress) to 10 (maximum stress)