Challenges faced by Medical Statisticians in India during Covid 19 Lockdown

Biostatisticians interact a lot with clinical researchers, mostly face to face, to understand the study, its objectives and parameters, as well as to explain the findings. With restrictions of lockdown and social distancing practices, many of the researchers were unable to meet the statistician in person during the lockdown. It could have been challenging for a statistician to understand the process, terminology or the dataset without detailed, face-to-face interaction with the researcher, especially in multi-disciplinary studies or studies involving large and/or multiple datasets. This data describes such challenges faced by statisticians during the lockdown. Both Excel and SPSS files have been uploaded.

Data was collected using an online survey platform, from registered members of a society for medical statisticians in India. Members were invited to participate in the study through e-mail and participation was completely voluntary. Informed consent was also taken online. 106 statisticians responded to the mail and two of them did not consent, so the results pertain to 104 participants. Data for this study was collected during the 4th phase of the lockdown in India.

Data are mainly categorical. The data collected includes the details about the preferred method of interaction of statisticians, the methods of interaction adopted during statistical consultations before and during lockdown, challenges or difficulty faced during lockdown, level of satisfaction and willingness to adapt to new methods of interaction.

Statistical consultation is defined in this study as data analysis, designing a study, sample size calculation and reviewing protocols.

生物统计学家与临床研究人员之间互动频繁，通常以面对面的方式进行，以深入理解研究的目的、参数以及阐释研究结果。然而，在封控和社交距离措施的约束下，许多研究人员在封控期间无法与统计学家亲自会面。在没有与研究人员进行详尽的面对面互动的情况下，统计学家可能难以理解研究过程、术语或数据集，尤其是在涉及多学科研究或大量及/或多个数据集的研究中。本数据集描述了统计学家在封控期间所面临的此类挑战。已上传 Excel 和 SPSS 文件。

数据通过在线调查平台收集，调查对象为印度医学统计学会的注册会员。通过电子邮件邀请成员参与研究，参与完全自愿。知情同意也在线完成。共有 106 名统计学家回复邮件，其中两人未同意参与，因此研究结果涉及 104 名参与者。本研究数据收集于印度封控的第四阶段。

数据主要呈分类性质。收集的数据包括统计学家偏好的互动方式、封控前后统计咨询所采用的方法、封控期间遇到的挑战或困难、对满意度及适应新互动方式意愿的评估。

在本研究中，统计咨询被定义为数据分析、研究设计、样本量计算和审查方案。