Hospital Staff Survey on Research Culture, 640 Responses from Dublin

640 responses from a semi-qualitative survey of hospital staff at a large inner-city tertiary referral centre in Dublin, Ireland. The dataset, authored by Gerry Hughes and last updated in 2026, captures self-reported knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes towards organisational research and innovation. Quantitative data were analyzed in R and Microsoft Excel, with content analysis performed on qualitative responses.

Use Cases

• Identify key barriers to research participation based on reported challenges like time constraints and limited support.
• Assess staff interest in research training based on the finding that over half expressed a desire for additional training.
• Evaluate the perceived clinical value of research based on staff recognition and engagement levels mentioned in the results.
• Inform institutional support strategies based on suggested interventions like protected research time and statistical assistance.

Strengths

• Dataset contains 640 survey responses from hospital staff.
• Survey instrument was a 26-item questionnaire iteratively refined by a hospital Research Steering Committee.
• Analysis includes both quantitative methods and qualitative content analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download.
• Data is limited to a single hospital in Dublin, Ireland, which may limit generalizability.
• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Gerry Hughes

Collection Method

A 26-item semi-qualitative survey disseminated via electronic and face-to-face recruitment.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 17:32:18; freshness should be verified.

Geography

A large inner-city tertiary referral centre in Dublin, Ireland.