Scientific Production and Perception of Research among Students from Seven Dentistry Faculties in Peru

Giancarlo Pares Ballasco; María Ximena Sihuay Torres; Rosa Lara Verástegui; Manuel Antonio Mattos Vela

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Scientific Production and Perception of Research among Students from Seven Dentistry Faculties in Peru

Pares-Ballasco, Giancarlo ^[1] ; Sihuay-Torres, María Ximena ^[2] ; Lara-Verastegui, Rosa ^[1] ; Mattos-Vela, Manuel Antonio ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
  
  Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
  
  Perú
2. [2] Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
  
  Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
  
  Perú
Localización: Revista médica Iatreia, ISSN-e 2011-7965, ISSN 0121-0793, Vol. 37, Nº. 1, 2024
Idioma: inglés
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- Introduction: There is limited evidence concerning the development of academic scientific research in the field of dentistry in Peru.
  
  Objective: To determine the scientific production and perceptions about research among dentistry students and its association with gender, university affiliation, and academic year.
  
  Methods: This multi-center, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was conducted on a non-probabilistic sample of undergraduate students from seven dentistry faculties in Peru. Participants were provided with a structured questionnaire to record general information and their views on scientific research and production. Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests were employed to correlate the study variables.
  
  Results: A total of 468 students participated with an average age of 21.7 years. Of these, 66.9% were female. The majority rated their knowledge in the three assessed research areas as average. A higher number of monographs were produced by students from the Sierra region (p <0.001). Greater production of clinical reports and theses (p <0.001) was observed among fifth and sixth-year students. Only 11 (2.4%) students published scientific papers, predominantly from coastal universities (p = 0.027) and in their fifth and sixth academic years (p = 0.003).
  
  Conclusions: The scientific production of dentistry students was found to be low. An association was identified between certain research perception variables and the students’ university affiliation. Additionally, a correlation was observed between scientific publication and academic work with university or origin and year of study.