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Table 4 Factors associated with career choice regret after the COVID-19 epidemic in multinominal logistic regression(n = 9322)

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

Career choice regret

β

SE

Wald

OR(95%CI)

P

With career choice regret

Intercept

−5.58

0.55

103.16

 

<0.001

Total score of psychological resilience

   
 

−0.05

0.00

131.32

0.95(0.94–0.96)

<0.001

Age

−0.01

0.01

2.12

0.99(0.98–1.00)

0.146

 

Total score of professional value after the COVID-19 outbreak

  

0.44

0.017

652.894

1.55(1.50–1.61)

<0.001

 

Change of professional value

  

−0.15

0.02

48.63

0.86(0.82–0.90)

<0.001

 

Identity

     
 

Student

0.50

0.16

9.48

1.65(1.20–2.28)

0.002

 

Doctor

−0.30

0.16

3.47

0.74(0.54–1.02)

0.063

 

Nurse

reference

    
 

Gender

     
 

Female

−0.17

0.15

1.38

0.84(0.63–1.12)

0.24

 

Male

reference

    
 

The reason of career/major choice is personal ideal

 

No

0.47

0.11

18.99

1.59(1.29–1.96)

<0.001

 

Yes

reference

    
 

The reason of career/major choice is family will

 

No

0.04

0.09

0.20

1.04(0.87–1.25)

0.652

 

Yes

reference

    
 

Whether experienced physical violence

 

No

−0.40

0.12

11.45

0.67(0.54–0.85)

0.001

 

Yes

reference

    
 

Whether experienced verbal violence

   
 

No

0.12

0.12

1.00

1.13(0.89–1.43)

0.317

 

Yes

reference

    
 

Afraid of coronavirus degree

   
 

Very afraid

0.69

0.24

8.20

2.00(1.24–3.21)

0.004

 

Afraid

0.39

0.20

3.64

1.47(0.99–2.18)

0.056

 

General afraid

0.12

0.18

0.42

1.12(0.79–1.59)

0.515

 

Not afraid

−0.13

0.19

0.43

0.88(0.60–1.29)

0.514

 

Not afraid at all

reference

    

neutral

Intercept

−1.87

0.30

39.15

 

<0.001

 

Total score of psychological resilience

   
  

−0.04

0.00

294.02

0.96(0.95–0.96)

<0.001

 

Age

−0.02

0.00

18.18

0.98(0.98–0.99)

<0.001

 

Total score of professional value after the COVID-19 outbreak

  

0.25

0.01

687.12

1.29(1.26–1.31)

<0.001

 

Change of professional value

 
  

−0.04

0.01

12.35

0.96(0.93–0.98)

<0.001

 

Identity

     
 

Student

0.16

0.08

3.50

1.17(0.99–1.38)

0.061

 

Doctor

0.02

0.09

0.03

1.02(0.86–1.20)

0.855

 

Nurse

reference

    
 

Gender

     
 

Female

0.08

0.08

1.12

1.09(0.93–1.27)

0.29

 

Male

reference

    
 

The reason of career/major choice is personal ideal

 

No

0.60

0.06

120.18

1.82(1.64–2.03)

<0.001

 

Yes

reference

    
 

The reason of career/major choice is family will

 

No

0.07

0.05

1.62

1.07(0.97–1.18)

0.203

 

Yes

reference

    
 

Whether experienced physical violence

   
 

No

−0.01

0.07

0.01

0.99(0.86–1.15)

0.934

 

Yes

reference

    
 

Whether experienced verbal violence

   
 

No

0.25

0.06

17.09

1.28(1.14–1.44)

<0.001

 

Yes

reference

    
 

Afraid of coronavirus degree

 
 

Very afraid

0.18

0.17

1.09

1.19(0.86–1.65)

0.296

 

Afraid

0.55

0.12

22.24

1.73(1.38–2.17)

<0.001

 

General afraid

0.49

0.10

24.27

1.63(1.34–1.98)

<0.001

 

Not afraid

0.22

0.11

4.50

1.25(1.02–1.54)

0.034

 

Not afraid at all

reference

    
  1. # The reference category is without career choice regret