There is a lack of information about the organisation and management of clinical research personnel in Europe and of their professional activity in intensive care. We therefore conducted a cross-sectional survey among personnel currently working in a French intensive care research network that involves 41 centres nationwide. The aim of the survey was to describe the personnel’s personal and institutional organisation and management, their job perception in terms of satisfaction and stress, and suggestions for improvement. Over 3 months in 2023, the research personnel received an electronic questionnaire on their personal and professional profile, past and present training, workplace and functions currently performed, personal knowledge about job skills required, job satisfaction and stress by as measured on a rating scale, and suggested ways of improvement. Ninety seven people replied to the questionnaire (a response rate of 71.3%), of whom 78 (57.3%) were sufficiently involved in intensive care to provide complete answers. This core sample had profiles in line with French recruitment policies and comprised mainly Bachelor/Master graduates, with nurses accounting for only 21.8%. The female to male ratio was 77:23%. Many responders declared to have a shared activity of technician (for investigation) and assistant (for quality control). More than 70% of the responders considered that most of the tasks required of each worker were major. Figures were much lower for project managers, who were few to take part in the survey. On a scale of 10, the median of job satisfaction was 7 for personal work organisation, 6 for training and for institutional organisation, and only 5 for personal career management. The median of job stress was 5 and was inversely correlated with satisfaction with career management. Respect of autonomy, work-sharing activity between investigation and quality control, a better career progression, financial reward for demanding tasks, and participation in unit staff meetings were the main suggestions to improve employee satisfaction. This nationwide survey provides a new insight into the activity of French clinical research personnel and points to ways to improve the quality and efficiency of this workforce.

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在法国重症监护病房网络中工作的临床研究人员的工作描述和看法

缺乏有关欧洲临床研究人员的组织和管理及其在重症监护领域的专业活动的信息。因此，我们对目前在法国重症监护研究网络工作的人员进行了一项横断面调查，该网络涉及全国 41 个中心。调查的目的是描述人员的个人和机构组织管理情况、工作满意度和压力感受以及改进建议。在 2023 年的 3 个多月里，研究人员收到了一份电子问卷，内容包括他们的个人和职业概况、过去和现在的培训、当前履行的工作场所和职能、对所需工作技能的个人了解、工作满意度和压力（以评级量表衡量），并提出改进方法。 97 人回答了调查问卷（回复率为 71.3%），其中 78 人（57.3%）充分参与了重症监护并提供了完整答案。该核心样本符合法国招聘政策，主要由学士/硕士毕业生组成，护士仅占21.8%。女性与男性的比例为77:23%。许多响应者声称技术人员（用于调查）和助理（用于质量控制）有共同的活动。超过 70% 的受访者认为每个工人需要完成的大部分任务都很重要。项目经理的数字要低得多，因为很少有人参与调查。在 10 级的范围内，个人工作组织的工作满意度中位数为 7，培训和机构组织的工作满意度中位数为 6，个人职业管理的工作满意度中位数仅为 5。工作压力的中位数为 5，与职业管理满意度呈负相关。尊重自主权、调查与质量控制之间的工作分担活动、更好的职业发展、对高要求任务的经济奖励以及参加单位员工会议是提高员工满意度的主要建议。这项全国性调查为法国临床研究人员的活动提供了新的见解，并指出了提高劳动力质量和效率的方法。