Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitudes about Research Ethics among Dental Faculty in the Middle East: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Awareness of research ethics and research ethics committees: aggregate responses and association between responses and independent variables. Numbers represent percentage of “yes” or “correct” responses.

Item	Aggregate𝑛=125 (%)	KAU𝑛=75 (%)	ASU𝑛=50 (%)	Gender (%)		Academic position (%)			Prior ethics training (%)		Prior research (%)
				Men	Women	Prof	Mid-level	Junior	Any Ethics Training	None	Any	None
Are you familiar with ethical principles in human subject research?	46.4	54.7*	34.0	51.9	40.6	59.0**	45.0	37.0	69.6**	32.9	50.6	32.4
Are you familiar with the functions of a research ethics committee?	31.2	36.0	24.0	31.5	29.0	33.3	40.0**	21.7	52.2**	19.0	36.0	20.6

^∗𝑃<.05; ^∗∗𝑃<.01.