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

Table 1

Demographics of respondents from King Abdulaziz University and Ain Shams University⁺. Association of gender and academic position with prior research experience and prior ethics training (𝑛=125).

(a)

Characteristic	King Abdul-Aziz (𝑛=75) n (%)	Ain Shams (𝑛=50) 𝑛 (%)	Total; (𝑛=125) 𝑛 (%)
Gender
Men	32 (43.8)	22 (44.0)	54 (43.2)
Women	41 (56.2)	28 (56.0)	69 (55.2)
Academic position
Professor	24 (32.0)	15 (30.0)	39 (31.2)
Mid-level	28 (37.3)	12 (24.0)	40 (32.0)
Junior	23 (30.7)	23 (46.0)	46 (36.8)
Prior involvement with research
Prior research experience	51 (68.0)	38 (76.0)	89 (71.2)
Research involving human subjects	48 (65.8)	34 (68.0)	82 (66.7)
Research involving biological samples	33 (45.2)	21 (42.0)	54 (43.9)
No prior research involving human subjects/samples	22 (32.0)	12 (24.0)	34 (27.2)
Prior training in research ethics
Prior training (either workshop/course or both)	29 (38.7)	17 (34.0)	46 (36.8)
No prior training	46 (61.3)	33 (66.0)	79 (63.2)

+numbers may not add to 100% due to some individuals declining to answer the question.

(b)

Item	Aggregate	Gender		Academic position
		Men	Women	Prof	Mid-level	Junior
Prior research experience (% of faculty)	71.2	85.2**	61.2	70.3	75.0	71.7
Number of projects/faculty (mean)	5.26	7.56**	3.31	8.34**	5.97	2.61
Prior ethics training (% of faculty)	36.8	38.9	36.2	28.2	57.5**	26.1

^∗𝑃<.05; ^∗∗𝑃<.01.