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
Aggregate (%)
KAU (%)
ASU (%)
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