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Table 1 Characteristics of participants (N = 70)

From: ‘We always find things to learn from.’ Lessons from the implementation of the global maternal sepsis study on research capacity: a qualitative study

Characteristic

N

Interviewees

 Anglophone Africa

20

 Francophone Africa

26

 Latin America

17

Focus group participants (Latin Americaa)

8 b

Sex

 Female

38

 Male

32

Role in the study

 Principal Investigator (PI)/co-PI

18

 Project manager

2

 Site coordinator

13

 Data entry and management

3

 Data collector

32

 Data clerk

2

Profession

 Medical doctor

37

 Nurse/midwife/clinical officerc

20

 Statistician

3

 Researcher

5

 Administrator

5

Type of institution where participant worked

 Public healthcare facility

62

 Private non-profit/ Non-governmental organization (NGO)/faith-based healthcare facility

5

 Other institution

3

 Teaching hospital

12

Experience with research prior to GLOSS

 First time doing research

15

 First time in a multi-country study

22

  1. aParticipating countries in the FGD were: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Uruguay
  2. bOne focus group participant was later interviewed so the total does not add up
  3. cClinical officers are trained and authorized to perform clinical care