PBRN Characteristics | β |
---|---|
PBRN age (years) | |
<5 | −0.89 |
5–10 | −0.40 |
≥10 | Reference |
Number of publications | 0.21 |
Number of grants | −0.34 |
Geographic population served | |
Urban only | −2.11 |
Rural only | 1.27 |
Both rural and urban | Reference |
Racial communities specifically targeted for research in the past 5 years* | |
Multiple racial/ethnic communities | 3.41† |
Single community | 2.63† |
None | Reference |
How difficult is it to recruit from diverse racial/ethnic communities for research? | |
Difficult or very difficult | −3.57† |
Don't know/not applicable | −3.09 |
Not or somewhat difficult | Reference |
How difficult is it to retain participants from diverse racial/ethnic communities through the duration of the research project? | |
Difficult or very difficult | −3.39† |
Don't know/not applicable | −4.75† |
Not or somewhat difficult | Reference |
Number of special populations specifically targeted* | 1.75† |
PBRN has a community advisory board | 3.19† |
PBRN is affiliated with a university‡ | −0.59 |
BPRN is affiliated with a Clinical Translational Science Award* | 2.77† |
Planning scale§ | 0.80† |
Capacity scale‖ | 0.55† |
↵* Response categories are not mutually exclusive.
↵† P < .20 is the criteria used for inclusion in multivariate analysis.
↵‡ Data obtained from the 2011 Agency for Health care Research and Quality PBRN Resource Center Registry; all other data were obtained from the PRIME Net Survey of PBRN directors.
↵§ How often does your network plan each activity?
↵‖ Rate your network's capacity to perform each activity.