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Table 2 Crude and adjusted odds ratios (and 95 % confidence intervals) from logistic regression analyses for identifying associations between question, sex, and age

From: The role of undergraduate medical students training in respect for patient confidentiality

 

Crude odds ratio

Adjusted odds ratio

 

Sex

(ref = Female)

Sex + Age

(ref = Female)

 

Sex

p

Sex

p

Age

p

Q1. Right to privacy

1.05 (0.60–1.83)

0.859

1.04 (0.60–1.82)

0.885

1.01 (0.94–1.10)

0.727

Q2. Obligation of confidentiality

2.08 (1.05–4.35)

0.042*

2.16 (1.09–4.56)

0.034*

0.96 (0.88–1.04)

0.276

Q3. Commitment to confidentiality

0.97 (0.48–2.01)

0.931

0.93 (0.46–1.94)

0.839

1.10 (0.97–1.36)

0.286

Q4. Student knows the tutor

1.24 (0.75–2.06)

0.400

1.24 (0.75–2.06)

0.402

1.00 (0.93–1.08)

0.998

Q5. Wearing an identification tag

0.88 (0.53–1.46)

0.615

0.84 (0.51–1.40)

0.506

1.08 (1.00-1.21)

0.110

Q6. Negative consequences

1.81 (0.49–6.40)

0.353

1.94 (0.52–6.94)

0.303

0.84 (0.53–1.14)

0.421

Q7. Patient knows you are a student

1.21 (0.73–2.01)

0.471

1.19 (0.72–1.99)

0.496

1.04 (0.97–1.11)

0.303

Q8. More than 4 students

0.96 (0.59–1.57)

0.868

0.95 (0.58–1.56)

0.839

1.05 (0.95–1.16)

0.361

Q9. Access to patient EMR

1.78 (1.02–3.16)

0.045*

1.75 (1.00-3.12)

0.052

1.03 (0.95–1.13)

0.519

Q10. Consent of the patient to access

0.80 (0.34–1.79)

0.598

0.72 (0.30–1.64)

0.445

1.11 (1.00-1.27)

0.068

Q11. Access to patients dissociated CH

0.89 (0.54–1.47)

0.657

0.88 (0.53–1.45)

0.624

1.03 (0.95–1.12)

0.624

Q12. Non-anonymized photocopies

1.15 (0.67–1.97)

0.616

1.15 (0.67–1.98)

0.609

1.00 (0.92–1.07)

0.899

Q13. Consent of the patient to have photocopies

1.17 (0.40–3.23)

0.770

0.79 (2.28–2.39)

0.686

1.33 (1.07–1.73)

0.024

Q14.Anonymisation for FYP

1.50 (0.82–2.85)

0.198

1.49(0.81–2.84)

0.207

1.01 (0.93–1.12)

0.817

  1. *p value: p < 0.05; Ref: reference group