Introduction

Universities carry the weight of society to train the majority of professionals and researchers in the country. That is why it is imperative that we know what the attitude of their students to the investigation. The scientific literature in Health Sciences does not present many studies on attitude to research that use instruments with calculated validation and reliability.

Aim

To determine the level of attitude toward research of stomatology students at a university in Lima.

Subjects and methods

A quantitative, observational, cross-sectional study was carried out in the last week of November of the year 2015 in 194 students from the sixth to ninth cycle in their respective classrooms. The 27-item instrument used presents validation (literature review and expert judgment, factor analysis) and reliability (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.65).

Results

The frequency of attitudes towards the research found was 18.6% (n = 36) in good attitude, 58.2% (n = 113) in regular attitude and 23.2% (n = 45) in bad attitude; significant difference (p = 0.00).

Conclusions

The highest frequency of stomatology students resulted in a level of regular attitude toward research.

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