Table 5 Factors associated with career choice regret after the COVID-19 epidemic in multinominal logistic regression among medical students (n = 1872)
Career choice regret | B | SE | Wald | OR(95% CI) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
With career choice regret | Intercept | −2.37 | 0.57 | 17.12 | <0.001 | |
Major | ||||||
Nursing | 0.97 | 0.27 | 13.03 | 2.65(1.56–4.49) | <0.001 | |
Clinical Medicine | reference | |||||
Work intention after graduation | ||||||
Tertiary hospital | −1.52 | 0.29 | 27.16 | 0.22(0.12–0.39) | <0.001 | |
Primary hospital | −0.62 | 0.45 | 1.90 | 0.54(0.22–1.30) | 0.168 | |
Others | reference | |||||
Whether is interning in the hospital | ||||||
No | −0.2110 | 0.27 | 0.62 | 0.81(0.48–1.37) | 0.433 | |
Yes | reference | |||||
Whether major is the first choice | ||||||
No | 0.47 | 0.27 | 3.04 | 1.59(0.94–2.69) | 0.081 | |
Yes | reference | |||||
Educational level | ||||||
Below Bachelor degree | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.96 | 1.61(0.62–4.16) | 0.327 | |
Bachelor degree | 1.92 | 0.52 | 13.80 | 6.85(2.48–18.91) | <0.001 | |
Master’s degree or doctorate | reference | |||||
neutral | Intercept | −0.83 | 0.30 | 7.73 | 0.005 | |
Major | ||||||
Nursing | 0.72 | 0.13 | 29.62 | 2.05(1.58–2.65) | <0.001 | |
Clinical Medicine | reference | |||||
Work intention after graduation | ||||||
Tertiary hospital | −0.72 | 0.20 | 13.43 | 0.49(0.33–0.71) | <0.001 | |
Primary hospital | −0.69 | 0.29 | 5.66 | 0.50(0.29–0.89) | 0.017 | |
Others | reference | |||||
Whether is interning in the hospital | ||||||
No | 0.17 | 0.14 | 1.46 | 1.18(0.90–1.54) | 0.226 | |
Yes | reference | |||||
Whether major is the first choice | ||||||
No | 0.62 | 0.14 | 20.63 | 1.86(1.42–2.44) | <0.001 | |
Yes | reference | |||||
Educational level | ||||||
Below Bachelor degree | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.42 | 1.16(0.74–1.80) | 0.518 | |
Bachelor degree | 0.76 | 0.26 | 8.24 | 2.13(1.27–3.56) | 0.004 | |
Master’s degree or doctorate | reference | |||||