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Table 2 Adjusted analysis of factors associated with primary domainsa

From: Knowledge and attitudes of U.S. medical students regarding the care of Asian American patients: a cross-sectional survey study

 

Knowledge

Comfort

Cultural Competency

Sociodemographic Characteristics

Beta (95% CI)

p

Beta (95% CI)

p

Beta (95% CI)

p

Age (Years)

 

0.01 (− 0.01, 0.04)

0.214

 

Gender

 Male

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Female, non-binary, no answer

 

0.08 (−0.01, 0.18)

0.095

−0.09 (− 0.18, 0.01)

0.053

Race/Ethnicity

 White

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Asian

0.41 (0.22, 0.59)

< 0.001

− 0.08 (− 0.20, 0.05)

0.223

− 0.07 (− 0.20, 0.06)

0.289

 Hispanic

− 0.09 (− 0.35, 0.18)

0.510

− 0.09 (− 0.32, 0.14)

0.456

0.01 (− 0.21, 0.23)

0.924

 Black

− 0.125 (− 0.41, 0.16)

0.387

− 0.29 (− 0.59, − 0.00)

0.049

− 0.15 (− 0.38, 0.09)

0.228

 Other (incl. multiracial)

0.14 (− 0.03, 0.31)

0.116

− 0.05 (− 0.20, 0.10)

0.529

− 0.03 (− 0.17, 0.11)

0.692

Year in Medical School

 M1/M2

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

 M3

− 0.06 (− 0.27, 0.16)

0.597

0.10 (− 0.09, 0.29)

0.293

0.18 (0.00, 0.36)

0.048

 M4

− 0.04 (− 0.26, 0.18)

0.721

0.01 (− 0.20, 0.21)

0.951

0.27 (0.09, 0.45)

0.003

 Other (i.e., year off, etc.)

0.18 (−0.22, 0.25)

0.882

0.08 (−0.14, 0.29)

0.487

0.12 (−0.08, 0.31)

0.249

Medical school

 Johns Hopkins

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Harvard

−0.22 (−0.39, − 0.04)

0.016

− 0.05 (− 0.21, 0.10)

0.499

0.22 (0.08, 0.37)

0.003

 Medical College of Wisconsin

−0.06 (− 0.26, 0.14)

0.548

0.08 (− 0.10, 0.26)

0.397

0.04 (− 0.13, 0.20)

0.676

 Wash. U. in St. Louis

0.07 (−0.13, 0.27)

0.478

0.09 (−0.08, 0.27)

0.287

0.22 (0.05, 0.38)

0.010

 David Geffen at UCLA

0.10 (−0.13, 0.32)

0.400

0.06 (−0.13, 0.26)

0.538

0.26 (0.08, 0.45)

0.005

 Baylor

0.03 (−0.21, 0.27)

0.800

0.05 (−0.16, 0.25)

0.664

0.32 (0.12, 0.51)

0.002

 Northwestern Feinberg

0.03 (−0.21, 0.27)

0.793

−0.05 (− 0.25, 0.16)

0.656

0.21 (0.01, 0.41)

0.037

 Stanford

−0.12 (− 0.38, 0.13)

0.345

− 0.15 (− 0.37, 0.07)

0.180

−0.01 (− 0.23, 0.20)

0.898

 Dell

−0.13 (− 0.49, 0.24)

0.492

0.04 (− 0.28, 0.35)

0.828

0.51 (0.20, 0.81)

0.001

% Asians in Hometown, by %ile

 1st quartile

Ref

 

 

 

 2nd

0.04 (−0.12, 0.19)

0.643

 

 

 3rd

0.00 (−0.16, 0.16)

0.974

 

 

 4th

0.18 (0.00, 0.35)

0.044

 

 

How often have you gained exposure in AsAm-related...

 Extracurricular activities

0.18 (0.10, 0.25)

< 0.001

−0.02 (−0.08, 0.04)

0.608

0.06 (−0.00, 0.12)

0.060

 Health topics in curriculum

 

 

0.03 (−0.04, 0.10)

0.393

 Patients in clinical rotations

−0.01 (− 0.06, 0.05)

0.859

0.05 (− 0.01, 0.10)

0.095

0.07 (0.02, 0.12)

0.008

 Social interactions

 

0.09 (0.03, 0.16)

0.005

0.04 (−0.02, 0.10)

0.171

Have you ever...

 Been to an Asian country

0.13 (−0.01, 0.26)

0.065

 

0.11 (0.00, 0.23)

0.048

 Lived in an Asian country (>6mo)

0.08 (−0.07, 0.24)

0.306

 

 

 Studied an Asian language

0.33 (0.17, 0.49)

< 0.001

 

 

 Studied other language

−0.06 (−0.40, 0.28)

0.743

0.27 (−0.04, 0.58)

0.091

 

 Taken a population health course

0.12 (0.01, 0.24)

0.033

 

0.06 (−0.04, 0.15)

0.234

 Taken a cultural competency course

0.17 (0.02, 0.31)

0.023

0.15 (0.03, 0.28)

0.027

0.13 (0.01, 0.25)

0.033

 Had clinical experience with AsAm pts

0.19 (−0.09, 0.47)

0.180

0.09 (−0.15, 0.33)

0.480

0.04 (−0.20, 0.27)

0.761

  1. aPredictors with p < 0.25 on unadjusted analysis were included in the adjusted model
  2. Abbreviation: AsAm Asian American