From: Career choice and influential factors among medical students majoring in psychiatry in China
 | n | Choice (no. [%]) | OR (95% CI) | p |
---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic characteristic | ||||
 Gender | ||||
  Male | 1742 | 839 (48.20) | reference |  |
  Female | 2868 | 1716 (59.90) | 1.50 (1.30–1.68) | <  0.001 |
 Grade | ||||
  Freshman | 946 | 470 (49.70) | reference |  |
  Low grade | 3146 | 1748 (55.60) | 1.11 (0.78–1.57) | 0.507 |
  High grade | 517 | 337 (65.20) | 1.13 (1.07–1.21) | <  0.001 |
 Learning stage | ||||
  Basic knowledge learning | 3949 | 2106 (53.30) | reference |  |
  Externship | 436 | 296 (67.90) | 1.74 (1.32–2.31) | <  0.001 |
  Clerkship | 225 | 153 (68.00) | 1.99 (1.28–3.08) | 0.002 |
Reasons for choosing psychiatry major at matriculation | ||||
 Personal interest | ||||
  No | 1862 | 828 (44.50) | reference |  |
  Yes | 2748 | 1775 (64.60) | 2.12 (1.87–2.40) | <  0.001 |
 Experience of mental problems of oneself or others | ||||
  No | 3541 | 1846 (53.50) | reference |  |
  Yes | 1069 | 677 (63.30) | 1.33 (1.28–1.56) | 0.001 |
 Family’s suggestion or influence | ||||
  No | 3321 | 1934 (55.70) | reference |  |
  Yes | 1289 | 691 (61.37) | 1.25 (1.08–1.46) | 0.004 |
 Lack knowledge of psychiatry | ||||
  No | 4538 | 2534 (55.80) | reference |  |
  Yes | 72 | 21 (29.60) | 0.49 (0.29–0.85) | 0.010 |
 Low admission score of psychiatry | ||||
  No | 4090 | 2323 (56.80) | reference |  |
  Yes | 520 | 220 (42.30) | 0.80 (0.63–0.97) | 0.045 |
General considerations when thinking about career specialty | ||||
 Work-life balance | ||||
  Not important | 876 | 486 (55.50) | reference |  |
  Important | 3623 | 2060 (56.90) | 1.15 (1.04–1.26) | 0.006 |
 Content of specialty | ||||
  Not important | 922 | 483 (52.40) | reference |  |
  Important | 3577 | 2063 (57.70) | 1.10 (1.00–1.19) | 0.041 |
 Level of educational debt | ||||
  Not important | 2270 | 1360 (59.90) | reference |  |
  Important | 2229 | 1186 (53.20) | 0.90 (0.84–0.98) | 0.006 |
 Length of residency training | ||||
  Not important | 1685 | 1000 (59.30) | reference |  |
  Important | 2813 | 1546 (54.90) | 0.93 (0.85–1.01) | 0.226 |
 Leadership potential | ||||
  Not important | 2261 | 1333 (59.00) | reference |  |
  Important | 2244 | 1219 (54.30) | 0.87 (0.80–0.94) | 0.001 |
Stigma scale (continuous variable) |  |  | 1.05 (1.03–1.07) | <  0.001 |
ATP-22 (continuous variable) |  |  | 1.03 (1.02–1.04) | <  0.001 |