Rethinking Health Professionals’ Motivation to Do Research: A Systematic Review
Louisa M D’Arrietta,1,2 Venkat N Vangaveti,1 Melissa J Crowe,3 Bunmi S Malau-Aduli1 1College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; 2Library Services, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Austral...
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| description | Louisa M D’Arrietta,1,2 Venkat N Vangaveti,1 Melissa J Crowe,3 Bunmi S Malau-Aduli1 1College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; 2Library Services, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; 3Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Queensland, AustraliaCorrespondence: Louisa M D’ArriettaCollege of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, AustraliaTel +61 7 4781 4060Fax +61 7 4779 6371Email louisa.darrietta@jcu.edu.auBackground: Health professionals’ engagement in translational health and medical research (HMR) is fundamental to evidence-based practice leading to better patient health outcomes. However, there is a decline in the number of health professionals undertaking research which has implications for patient health and the economy. Informed by the motivation-based expectancy-value-cost (EVC) and self determination theories (SDT), this systematic literature review examined the barriers and facilitators of health professionals’ (HPs) motivation to undertake research.Methods: The literature was searched between 2011 and 2021 for relevant peer-reviewed articles written in English, using CINAHL Complete, Informit, Medline Ovid, Medline (PubMed), Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar databases. This systematic review was performed and reported in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines.Results: Identified barriers to HPs’ engagement with research included the lack of knowledge, skills, and competence to conduct research, lack of protected research time, lack of funding and lack of organisational support. Integration of the findings of this review based on the EVC and SDT theories indicate that research capacity, ie, expectancy and competence is highly influenced by attitude, ie, the type of value (attainment, intrinsic or utility) and connection attributed to research. HPs who had very positive attitude towards research demonstrated all three values and were keen to take up research despite the barriers. Those who had a positive attitude were only motivated to do research because of its utility value and did not necessarily see it as having personal relevance for themselves. HPs who were unmotivated did not see any personal connection or relatedness to the research experience and saw no value in research.Conclusion: The attitude HPs hold in their value of research is a catalyst for motivation or amotivation to engage in research as it directly influences the relevance of barriers. Facilitators that expedite the research journey have been attributed to research training, mentorship programs and supportive organisational research culture. Motivation of HPs explored through EVC and SDT is critical to the maintenance of a research culture and the clinician-researcher development pipeline.Keywords: barriers, facilitators, expectancy-value theory, EVC, self-determination theory, SDT, health professionals, motivation |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06ab7462d6fb41e5a9cc121049b39fc02022-12-21T19:44:27ZengDove Medical PressJournal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare1178-23902022-01-01Volume 1518521672516Rethinking Health Professionals’ Motivation to Do Research: A Systematic ReviewD'Arrietta LMVangaveti VNCrowe MJMalau-Aduli BSLouisa M D’Arrietta,1,2 Venkat N Vangaveti,1 Melissa J Crowe,3 Bunmi S Malau-Aduli1 1College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; 2Library Services, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; 3Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Queensland, AustraliaCorrespondence: Louisa M D’ArriettaCollege of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, AustraliaTel +61 7 4781 4060Fax +61 7 4779 6371Email louisa.darrietta@jcu.edu.auBackground: Health professionals’ engagement in translational health and medical research (HMR) is fundamental to evidence-based practice leading to better patient health outcomes. However, there is a decline in the number of health professionals undertaking research which has implications for patient health and the economy. Informed by the motivation-based expectancy-value-cost (EVC) and self determination theories (SDT), this systematic literature review examined the barriers and facilitators of health professionals’ (HPs) motivation to undertake research.Methods: The literature was searched between 2011 and 2021 for relevant peer-reviewed articles written in English, using CINAHL Complete, Informit, Medline Ovid, Medline (PubMed), Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar databases. This systematic review was performed and reported in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines.Results: Identified barriers to HPs’ engagement with research included the lack of knowledge, skills, and competence to conduct research, lack of protected research time, lack of funding and lack of organisational support. Integration of the findings of this review based on the EVC and SDT theories indicate that research capacity, ie, expectancy and competence is highly influenced by attitude, ie, the type of value (attainment, intrinsic or utility) and connection attributed to research. HPs who had very positive attitude towards research demonstrated all three values and were keen to take up research despite the barriers. Those who had a positive attitude were only motivated to do research because of its utility value and did not necessarily see it as having personal relevance for themselves. HPs who were unmotivated did not see any personal connection or relatedness to the research experience and saw no value in research.Conclusion: The attitude HPs hold in their value of research is a catalyst for motivation or amotivation to engage in research as it directly influences the relevance of barriers. Facilitators that expedite the research journey have been attributed to research training, mentorship programs and supportive organisational research culture. Motivation of HPs explored through EVC and SDT is critical to the maintenance of a research culture and the clinician-researcher development pipeline.Keywords: barriers, facilitators, expectancy-value theory, EVC, self-determination theory, SDT, health professionals, motivationhttps://www.dovepress.com/rethinking-health-professionals-motivation-to-do-research-a-systematic-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JMDHbarriersfacilitatorsexpectancy-value theory (evc)self-determination theory (sdt)health professionalsmotivation |
| spellingShingle | D'Arrietta LM Vangaveti VN Crowe MJ Malau-Aduli BS Rethinking Health Professionals’ Motivation to Do Research: A Systematic Review Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare barriers facilitators expectancy-value theory (evc) self-determination theory (sdt) health professionals motivation |
| title | Rethinking Health Professionals’ Motivation to Do Research: A Systematic Review |
| title_full | Rethinking Health Professionals’ Motivation to Do Research: A Systematic Review |
| title_fullStr | Rethinking Health Professionals’ Motivation to Do Research: A Systematic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rethinking Health Professionals’ Motivation to Do Research: A Systematic Review |
| title_short | Rethinking Health Professionals’ Motivation to Do Research: A Systematic Review |
| title_sort | rethinking health professionals rsquo motivation to do research a systematic review |
| topic | barriers facilitators expectancy-value theory (evc) self-determination theory (sdt) health professionals motivation |
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