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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: The role and impact of research positions within health care settings in allied health: a systematic review

Study

Study design

Described role or impact?

Participants description

Geographical location

Participant no.

Nature of research position role in study

Location/Setting of role

Profession of role

Provided support to

Funding of role

Duration of role

Davila et al, 2006 [25]

Descriptive case study

Role

Psychologist

Boston USA

1 research facilitator position

Academically affiliated medical centre

Psychologist

psychology, psychiatry, pulmonology, primary care

Grant funded

6 years plus

Hulcombe et al.,2014 [11]

Descriptive case study

Role

Early career researchers to professors across AHPs

Queensland, Australia

21 positions across 8 health services.

Queensland government health services

Variable AHPs

AHPs

3 of 21 positions funded by government, others co-funded with universities

unclear

Janssen et al., 2013 [15]

Mixed methods

Role & impact

Physios

New Zealand

22 physios, 3 managers, 1 research facilitator

Rehabilitation hospital

Physio

Physios and their managers

Burwood academy of independent living and University of Otago

1 year full time

Perry et al., 2008 [14]

Mixed methods

Role & impact

Nurses, midwives, AHPs and managers

London, UK

98 completed questionnaires, 19 senior managers interviewed

East London NHS Trust

Nurse

Nurses, AHPs

Local funding

5 years, full time

Ried et al., 2007 [9, 16]

Mixed methods

Role & Impact

AHPs

Adelaide, South Australia

3 research fellows

Primary health care

unclear

not clear - fellowship for personal research

Government funding

0.2-0.5 FTE for 1 year

Reid et al., 2011 [24]

Descriptive case study

Role

radiographers, undergraduates, registrars, radiologists

Norfolk, UK

unclear

University teaching hospital

Radiographer

radiology department

Government funding

5 years

Whitworth et al., 2012 [26]

Descriptive case study

Role

SLPs

North East England

unclear

Primary care NHS North of Tyne area

unclear

SLPs

Partnership between university and NHS

1 year (initially)

Williams et al., 2015 [18]

Observational (cross sectional survey)

Impact

AHPs

Victoria, Australia

520 completed surveys

Victorian health care

20 different AHP

AHPs

unclear

unclear

  1. Physio physiotherapist, SLP speech-language pathologist, FTE Full time equivalent, AHP allied health professional, NHS National Health Service