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Table 2 Univariate analysis of influencing factors of career choice regret after COVID-19 outbreak (n = 9322)

From: Career choice regret during COVID-19 among healthcare students and professionals in mainland China: a cross-sectional study

Variable

I regret the career choice I made

strongly disagree

disagree

neutral

agree

strongly agree

P*

Identity

     

<0.001

 Doctor

277

720

542

79

46

 

 Nurse

1075

2240

2071

259

141

 

 Student

391

803

579

73

26

 

Gender

     

0.027

 Male

353

764

543

92

44

 

 Female

1390

2999

2649

319

169

 

Whether experienced physical violence

    

<0.001

 Yes

282

622

592

125

72

 

 No

1461

3141

2600

286

141

 

Whether experienced verbal violence

     

<0.001

 Yes

910

2174

1945

301

160

 

 No

833

1589

1247

110

53

 

The reason of career/major choice is personal ideal

     

<0.001

 Yes

1122

1954

1007

110

72

 

 No

621

1809

2185

301

141

 

The reason of career/major choice is family will

     

<0.001

 Yes

769

1880

1607

213

106

 

 No

      

Afraid of coronavirus degree

     

<0.001

 Very afraid

78

77

118

35

36

 

 Afraid

175

420

488

76

33

 

 General afraid

607

1842

1687

194

85

 

 Not afraid

518

1125

708

82

34

 

 Not afraid at all

365

299

191

24

25

 
  1. Note:*P for trend