Table 2 Awareness of physicians regarding of research ethics guidelines: Association between responses and independent factors
From: Knowledge and attitudes of physicians toward research ethics and scientific misconduct in Lebanon
All physicians | Yes (%) | No (%) |
Are you familiar with ethical principles that govern conducting research involving human subjects? | 248 (79.5) | 64 (20.5) |
Are you familiar with ethical principles that govern conducting research involving human subjects? | ||
| Â | Yes (%) | No (%) |
Gender (p = 0. 15) | ||
 Female | 74.8 | 25.2 |
 Male | 81.8 | 18.2 |
Level of Education (p = 0.057) | ||
 M.D. | 75.2 | 24.8 |
 Masters | 84.6 | 15.4 |
 Ph.D. | 91.2 | 8.8 |
  Board certified | 93.3 | 6.7 |
Professional status (p = 0.000) | ||
 Professor | 95.8 | 4.2 |
 Associate Professor | 100.0 | 0.0 |
 Assistant Professor | 88.9 | 11.1 |
 Senior Lecturer | 96.2 | 3.8 |
 Clinician | 74.3 | 25.7 |
 Resident doctors | 60.4 | 39.6 |
 Research Officers | 100.0 | 0.0 |
Medical Speciality (p = 0.053) | ||
 Internal Medicine | 77.3 | 22.7 |
 Obstetrics/ Gynaecology | 71.4 | 28.6 |
 Paediatric | 67.3 | 32.7 |
 Surgery | 89.4 | 10.6 |
 Others | 82.6 | 17.4 |
Prior research involvement (0.000) | ||
 Yes | 88.9 | 11.1 |
 No | 51.3 | 48.7 |
Prior training in research ethics (0.000) | ||
 Yes | 91.6 | 8.4 |
 No | 65.2 | 34.8 |