Survey of some barriers to utilization of research finding in clinical practice from view of Yazd dental faculty science committee members in 2017

Abstract   BACKGROUND & AIM: Despite the increasing number and quality of dental research, many dentists are not adequately informed about the results of the studies and don’t use it at clinic. The aim of study to evaluated obstacles in use of research results from the perspective of dental specialists of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd. Material & Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, all dental specialists of the faculty member of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd in 2016 were studied by census method. 57 people were evaluated. Data were collected by a questionnaire,that consisted of demographic information and 22 items derived from the Funk questionnaire, measured by 5 scale Likert. Data were analyzed by SPSS 17 software and descriptive statistics. Results: Participation rate was 100%. Among the different domains of not being possible to use the results in the clinic, the area of communication and access to research findings with a mean and standard deviation of 21.42±3.04 and among the barriers, the lack of a plan by the relevant authorities to apply the results of the research in operation with the mean and standard deviation of 4.09±0.80 were the most important domain and most important barrier respectively. Conclusion:  In order to increase the application of the results of research into clinical practice, many efforts are needed to establish a systematic program with continuous follow up by relevant authorities and to increase the scientific ability and confidence among professors, dental students and graduates of this field. Keywords: Clinical practice, Dental faculty, Academic Member