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Table 4 Five ordinal logistic regression models fitting residents intention to provide medical abortion in future practice with the amount of formal and informal education received on abortion, exposure to abortion, gender, and interaction between informal education and exposurea

From: Abortion education in Canadian family medicine residency programs

 

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

P

Model 1. Formal educationb

1.07 (0.86–1.34)

0.512

Model 2. Informal educationb

1.22 (1.04–1.42)

0.014

Model 3. Exposed

3.58 (2.29–5.60)

< 0.0001

Model 4. Female

2.00 (1.36–2.94)

< 0.0001

Model 5. Fully adjusted model with formal and informal education, exposure, gender and interaction term.

 Exposed

5.52 (2.09–14.53)

0.001

 Informal education

1.026 (0.81–1.28)

0.823

 Female

1.84 (1.24–2.72)

0.002

 Exposeda * informal education

0.81 (0.54–1.21)

0.306

  1. aIntention to provide medical abortion was measured on a 7-point likert scale with 7 being strongly intend to provide and 1 being strongly do not intend to provide
  2. bEducation was measured as zero hours, less than one hour, one to two hours, two to three hours, and more than three hours
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