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

Table 3

Knowledge of research ethics: aggregate correct responses to questions and association between correct responses and independent variables. Numbers represent percentage of correct responses.

Question	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
(1) Informed consent	67.2	73.3	58.0	57.4	73.9	64.1	80.0	58.7	76.1	62.0	70.8	55.9
(2) Research involving children	48.0	54.7	38.0	38.9	53.6**	30.8	72.5**	41.3	56.5	43.0	48.3	44.1
(3) Retrospective research involving tissue samples	35.2	41.3	26.0	48.1**	23.2	17.9	60.0**	28.3	45.7	29.1	39.3	26.5
(4) Confidentiality	49.6	58.7*	36.0	55.6	43.5	38.5	70.0	41.3	58.7	44.3	55.1	32.4
(5) Knowledge of different guidelines in research ethics	12.0	14.7	8.0	14.8	10.1	10.3	15.0	10.9	26.1**	3.8	14.6	5.9
(6) Knowledge of the roles of a research ethics committee	29.3	37.0*	20.0	29.6	29.0	28.2	45.0*	19.5	34.8	27.8	33.7	23.5
Overall Score
Average Score (%)	40.2	47.0**	30.0	42.0	37.7	33.8	55.8**	32.2	50.3	34.3	42.5	33.8
>80% (5-6 correct)	15.2	21.3**	6.0	14.8	13.0	10.3	30.0**	6.5	23.9*	10.1	14.6	17.6
>50% (3-4 correct)	28.8	36.0	18.0	35.2	24.6	25.6	37.5	23.9	32.6	26.6	31.5	17.6
<50% (0–2 correct)	56.0	42.7	76.0	50.0	62.3	64.1	32.5	69.6	43.5	63.3	53.9	64.7

^∗𝑃<.05; ^∗∗𝑃<.01.