Research involvement among undergraduate health sciences students: a cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education

Table 5 Multiple linear regression model for “Future research participation”-score

Variables	B	SE	95% CI			Sig.
Intercept	62.20	1.42	59.42	–	64.98	<0.001
Discipline
DT (vs. MB,ChB)	3.01	1.62	−0.16	–	6.19	0.06
OT (vs. MB,ChB)	−0.49	1.32	−3.08	–	2.10	0.71
PT (vs. MB,ChB)	2.72	1.13	0.51	–	4.94	0.02
SLHT (vs. MB,ChB)	5.62	2.22	1.28	–	9.97	0.01
Gender
Male (vs. female)	2.74	0.80	1.17	–	4.31	0.001
Home Language
Afrikaans (vs. English)	−2.30	0.76	−3.80	–	−0.80	0.003
Other Southern-African language^a (vs. English)	6.79	1.16	4.52	–	9.07	<0.001
Afrikaans AND English^b (vs. English only)	8.12	3.43	1.41	–	14.84	0.02
Other^c (vs. English)	3.45	2.33	−1.11	–	8.01	0.14
Parents working in research-settings
Only one parent (vs. neither)	1.63	1.08	−0.50	–	3.74	0.13
Both parents (vs. neither)	6.42	2.22	2.06	–	10.78	0.004
Previous or current voluntary research involvement
None (vs. present)	4.01	0.95	2.15	–	5.88	<0.001

B Regression coefficient, SE Standard Error (of B), DT Dietetics, OT Occupational therapy, PT Physiotherapy/Physical therapy, SLHT Speech, language and hearing therapy, MB, ChB Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MD/MBBS equivalent)
^aIncludes Xhosa, Zulu, Tswana, Northern Sotho/Sepedi, Venda, Tsonga, SiSwati, Ndebele, Zemba (Namibia), Shona (Zimbabwe)
^bParticipants (n = 18) that indicated a dual home-language
^cIncludes German, French, Mandarin, Dutch, Burmese, Portugese, Igbo (Nigeria)

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