Awareness On Clinical Trial Among Dental Students-A Survey Study

Introduction: India has the largest population suffering from metabolic syndrome, diabetes, cancer, and other maladies. Due to low costs, good hospital facilities, medical expertise, many companies are conducting several trials in India recruiting several thousands of people. Clinical trials are very useful to generate the highest levels of evidence utilized to inform medical practice and easier to share medical decisions. Objective of the present study evaluates the knowledge and awareness about clinical trials among dental students. Materials And Method: An online survey was conducted with a self-structured questionnaire among dental students with a sample size of 100. The questionnaire was designed using the online survey platform and circulated through "google forms". Responses from google excel sheets are analysed statistically through Chi-square test. Results: The present study reveals the awareness of the study participants on clinical trials. The participants who had participated in the survey with 55.56% interns, 44.44% final year undergraduate dental students. 78.79% of the participants were aware of clinical trials while the remaining 21.21% were not aware. The results were statistically significant according to the Chi square test, where p< 0.05. Conclusion: The study is evident that the majority of participants reported positively. The study concluded that most of them are aware of the clinical trials. Dental students need to be trained in their study period about basic clinical research trial principles, regulatory needs and about the clinical trial practices.