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Table 5 Linear regression of each skill scale with gender, age group and country of origin as predictors for students (n = 340)

From: Internet skills of medical faculty and students: is there a difference?

Characteristic

Operational

Information Navigation

Social

Creative

Mobile

B (95% CI)

p-value

B (95% CI)

p-value

B (95% CI)

p-value

B (95% CI)

p-value

B (95% CI)

p-value

Gender (Female)

−0.53 (− 1.22, 0.17)

0.14

−0.29 (− 1.57, 0.99)

0.66

0.53 (−0.04, 1.09)

0.07

−3.66 (−5.32, −1.99)

< 0.001*

− 0.49 (−0.85, − 0.12)

0.01*

Age group (≥ 24 years)

0.23 (−0.47, 0.94)

0.51

1.33 (0.03, 2.63)

0.045*

− 0.30 (−0.87, 0.27)

0.29

0.29 (−1.40, 1.97)

0.74

−0.24 (−0.62, 0.13)

0.20

Country of origin (Ireland)

−0.10 (− 0.81, 0.62)

0.79

0.46 (− 0.85, 1.78)

0.49

− 0.04 (− 0.61, 0.54)

0.91

−1.31 (− 3.02, 0.40)

0.13

0.12 (− 0.26, − 0.49)

0.54

  1. * p < 0.05