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Table 2 Factors Associated with Medical Student Preparedness to Care for LEP Patients - Multivariate Logistic Regression (N = 368)

From: Evaluation of medical student self-rated preparedness to care for limited english proficiency patients

Characteristic

Odds Ratio

Confidence Interval

P-Value

Gender 0.19

   Male

(Reference)

  

   Female

1.3

(0.80, 2.13)

0.19

Skill level with interpreter

<0.001*

   Not Skillful (1,2)

(Reference)

  

   Intermediate (3)

2.95

(1.59, 5.57)

<0.001*

   Skillful (4,5)

10.76

(5.40, 22.30)

<0.001*

Year in Medical School

0.93

   Year 1

(Reference)

  

   Year 2

1.22

(0.44, 1.65)

0.65

   Year 3

0.81

(0.36, 1.79)

0.49

   Year 4

1.13

(0.52, 2.42)

0.47

   Other

0.92

(0.31, 2.79)

0.88

Race/Ethnicity

0.03*

   Hispanic/Latino/a

(Reference)

  

   White, not Hispanic

0.49

(0.15, 1.48)

0.21

   Asian or Pacific Islander

0.27

(0.08, 0.80)

0.02*

   Black, not Hispanic

0.22

(0.05, 0.89)

0.03*

   Other

0.23

(0.06, 0.08)

0.03*

Hispanic/Latino/a

3.13

(1.02, 9.72)

0.047*

Other

(Reference)

  

First Language

0.13

   English

(Reference)

  

   Other

1.63

(0.87,3.08)

0.13