Table 5 The association between use of MEDLINE/full-text articles and the score of skills of PC use and information searching among 285 students; three binary logistic regression models A, B and C, adjusted for duration of studies

Gender (female vs. male)

1.83

0.93–3.68

ns

Search skills¹

1.00

---

   intermediate

2.67

1.26–5.63

0.01

   highest

5.90

2.33–14.9

0.000

PC skills ¹

1.00

---

   Intermediate

1.61

0.44–3.59

ns

   Highest

1.06

0.44–2.51

ns

Medical student (medical vs. dental)

0.87

0.39–1.90

ns

B. Use of MEDLINE in research (yes/no)

Relative Risk

95% CI

Gender (female vs. male)

1.83

0.98–3.43

ns

Search skills¹

1.00

---

   intermediate

1.34

0.69–2.59

ns

   highest

4.32

2.03–9.20

0.000

PC skills ¹

1.00

---

   Intermediate

2.00

1.01–3.97

0.045

   Highest

2.68

1.23–1.97

0.013

Medical student (medical vs. dental)

0.95

0.48–1.84

ns

C. Use of full-text articles (yes/no)

Relative Risk

95% CI

Gender (female vs. male)

1.75

0.93–3.27

ns

Search skills¹

1.00

----

   intermediate

6.18

3.03–12.59

0.000

   highest

13.94

6.07–32.0

0.000

PC skills ¹

1.00

----

   Intermediate

0.72

0.35–1.50

ns

   Highest

0.67

0.29–1.51

ns

Medical student (medical vs. dental)

1.86

0.94–3.68

ns