Study on good clinical practices among researchers in a tertiary healthcare institute in India

Table 2 Associations between demographics, and total knowledge and practices scores

Demographics		Knowledge of good clinical practice					Practice of good clinical practice
		Good	Average	Poor	χ2	P value	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	χ2	P value
Research experience (in years)	< 1	13	20	1	1.67	0.796	17	17	0.0357	0.982
	1-3	5	14	0			9	10
	> 3	2	4	0			3	3
Certified for GCP	Yes	3	7	1	4.54	0.103	3	8	2.59	0.108
	No	17	31	0			26	22
Academic position in the institute	BSc	2	6	0	6.67	0.573	3	5	13.7	a0.008
	MBBS	17	21	1			23	16
	MPH	0	3	0			3	0
	MSc	1	5	0			0	6
	PhD	0	3	0			0	3

ªP < 0.01.

GCP: Good clinical practice; BSc: Bachelor of science; MBBS: Bachelor of medicine, Bachelor of Surgery; MPH: Master of public health; MSc: Master of science; PhD: Doctor of philosophy.