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Table 4 Multiple linear regression analyses for variables predicting ATP scores

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

   

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

   

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

   

Type of student

Medical

0.677

−0.434

1.788

0.232

Nursing

Ref

   

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

   

Likelihood to specialize in psychiatry

Likely

2.053

1.130

2.975

< 0.001

Unlikely

Ref

   

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

   

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

   
  1. Ref = reference group