Table 1 Participants’ characteristics that influence participation in research activities
Variable | Total | Participation in research | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chi-square/Fischer’s exact test | Binary logistic regression | |||||
N (%) | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | P-value | aOR (95% CI) | p-value | |
Total | 398 (100) | 120(32.5) | 249 (67.5) | N/A | ||
Age | 0.001 | |||||
< 25 | 302 (75.9) | 78 (28) | 201 (72) | Reference | ||
≥ 25 | 96 (24.1) | 42 (46.7) | 48 (53.3) | 1.9 (1.2–3.2) | 0.012 | |
Mean (SD) | 23.9 (3.7) | 24.6 (3.5) | 23.5 (3.8) | |||
Sex | 0.002 | |||||
Female | 131 (32.9) | 26 (21.7) | 94 (78.3) | Reference | ||
Male | 267 (67.1) | 94 (37.8) | 155 (62.2) | 2.1 (1.2–3.6) | 0.008 | |
Course | 0.246 | |||||
MBChB | 220 (55.3) | 73 (35.6) | 132 (64.4) | Reference | ||
BDS | 10 (2.5) | 1 (11.1) | 8 (88.9) | 1.1 (0.5–2.2) | 0.780 | |
BNUR | 52 (13.1) | 16 (33.3) | 32 (66.7) | 0.2 (0–2.1) | 0.183 | |
BPARM | 44 (11.1) | 8 (20) | 32 (80) | 0.5 (0.2–1.3) | 0.177 | |
Others | 72 (18.1) | 22 (32.8) | 45 (67.2) | 1 (0.5–2) | 0.964 | |
Year of study | < 0.001 | |||||
Year 1 | 43 (10.8) | 5 (13.5) | 32 (86.5) | Reference | ||
Year 2 | 111 (27.9) | 26 (26.3) | 73 (73.7) | 2.1 (0.7–6) | 0.176 | |
Year 3 | 97 (24.4) | 32 (35.2) | 59 (64.8) | 3.2 (1.1–9.3) | 0.033 | |
Year 4 | 119 (29.9) | 38 (33.3) | 76 (66.7) | 3.3 (1.1–9.5) | 0.028 | |
Year 5 | 28 (7) | 19 (67.9) | 9 (32.1) | 11.6 (3.2–42.1) | < 0.001 | |
University ownership | 0.426 | |||||
Private | 91 (22.9) | 24 (28.9) | 59 (71.1) | Reference | ||
Public | 307 (77.1) | 96 (33.6) | 190 (66.4) | 0.8 (0.4–1.5) | 0.527 | |
Student’s education funding status | 0.224 | |||||
Government funded | 145 (36.4) | 38 (28.6) | 95 (71.4) | Reference | ||
Private funded | 253 (63.6) | 82 (34.7) | 154 (65.3) | 1.3 (0.8–2.3) | 0.282 | |