From: Attitudes towards psychiatry amongst medical and nursing students in Singapore
 |  | β | 95% Confidence Interval | p value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age |  | −0.108 | −0.233 | 0.017 | 0.090 |
Gender | Male | −1.190 | −2.013 | −.368 | 0.005 |
Female | Ref | Â | Â | Â | |
Ethnicity | Malay | −0.942 | −2.075 | 0.191 | 0.103 |
Indian | −0.332 | − 1.685 | 1.020 | 0.630 | |
Others | −1.197 | −3.493 | 1.100 | 0.307 | |
Chinese | Ref | Â | Â | Â | |
Average monthly household income per capita over the past 1 year | Below SGD2000 | −0.618 | −1.620 | 0.385 | 0.227 |
SGD2000 to SGD5999 | −0.945 | −1.797 | −.093 | 0.030 | |
SGD6000 and above | Ref | Â | Â | Â | |
Type of student | Medical | 0.677 | −0.434 | 1.788 | 0.232 |
Nursing | Ref | Â | Â | Â | |
Academic year in course | Year 1 | 0.078 | −1.366 | 1.521 | 0.916 |
Year 2 | −0.137 | −1.399 | 1.126 | 0.832 | |
Year 3 | 0.676 | −0.620 | 1.972 | 0.306 | |
Year 4 & 5 | Ref | Â | Â | Â | |
Likelihood to specialize in psychiatry | Likely | 2.053 | 1.130 | 2.975 | < 0.001 |
Unlikely | Ref | Â | Â | Â | |
Psychiatry lecture evaluation | Have not attended | −0.405 | −1.617 | 0.807 | 0.512 |
Below average | −1.655 | −5.753 | 2.443 | 0.428 | |
Average | −1.654 | −3.187 | −0.121 | 0.035 | |
Above average | Ref | Â | Â | Â | |
Psychiatry placement evaluation | Have not attended | 1.072 | −0.182 | 2.325 | 0.094 |
Below average | −1.503 | −4.275 | 1.270 | 0.288 | |
Average | −1.181 | −2.216 | −.146 | 0.025 | |
Above average | Ref | Â | Â | Â |