Table 3 Barriers to research involvement during residency by gender

 Lack of mentorship or support from faculty

273 (65.0)

244 (55.7)

0.0055*

 Lack of time

213 (50.7)

264 (60.3)

0.0049*

 Lack of research experience

157 (37.4)

148 (33.8)

0.2723

 Lack of skills for statistical analysis

143 (34.0)

118 (26.9)

0.0238*

 Lack of research ideas

113 (26.9)

114 (26.0)

0.771

 Lack of funding

103 (24.5)

134 (30.6)

0.047*

 Lack of reward

78 (18.6)

142 (32.4)

< 0.0001*

 Frustration about complexity and slow progress

77 (18.3)

110 (25.1)

0.0162*

 Lack of personal interest

57 (13.6)

92 (21.0)

0.0041*

 Lack of opportunity to present research work

34 (8.1)

31 (7.1)

0.5736

 Lack of access to libraries for research literature

22 (5.2)

28 (6.4)

0.4707

 Lack of funding

233 (55.5)

237 (54.1)

0.7316

 Family circumstances/commitments

227 (54.0)

229 (52.3)

0.6321

 It would result in reduction of my overall income

95 (22.6)

136 (31.1)

0.0056*

 Lack of personal interest

93 (22.1)

116 (26.5)

0.1523

 I do not see future possibilities after doing research

72 (17.1)

87 (19.9)

0.3339

 I do not like living abroad

46 (11.0)

41 (9.4)

0.4976

 I already did my research training as part of my core curriculum and it's sufficient

30 (7.1)

31 (7.1)

1.0000

 Yes

102 (24.3)

30 (6.8)

< 0.0001*

 No

318 (75.7)

408 (93.2)

< 0.0001*