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Table 5 Binary and Multiple logistic regression analysis of factors affecting for academic satisfaction among LBL students Northern Ethiopia, February 2021

From: Problem based learning approach increases the academic satisfaction of health science students in Ethiopian universities: a comparative cross sectional study

Variables

Academic satisfaction

Odds ratio with 95% CI

Satisfied

Unsatisfied

COR

AOR

Ethnicity of the respondents

 Amhara

38

25

0.53 (0.23, 1.23)

 

 Tigray

121

148

0.81 (0.36, 1.82)

 

 Oromo

28

15

0.43 (0.22, 0.85)*

 

 Others

25

25

1.00a

 

Department of the respondents

 Nurse

26

36

1.00

 

 Medicine

84

77

0.68 (0.30, 1.55)

 

 Pharmacy

31

32

1.03 (0.50, 2.11)

 

 Midwifery

31

14

0.91 (0.40, 2.06)

 

 C. laboratory

21

36

2.09 (0.85, 5.17)

 

 Anesthesia

19

18

0.55 (0.23, 1.28)*

 

Year of study of the respondents

 Second year

75

114

0.47 (0.32, 0.70)*

0.29 (0.17, 0.48)*

 Third year

137

99

1.00

1.00

Preferred learning style of the respondents

 Yes

119

92

1.00

 

 No

93

121

0.59 (0.40, 0.87)*

 

Experience of respondents with distress in classroom teaching learning process

 Yes

77

100

1.00

 

 No

135

113

1.55 (1.05, 2.28)*

 

Appropriateness of respondent’s energy and effort using in their learning

 Yes

106

81

1.00

1.00

 No

106

132

0.61 (0.41, 0.90)*

0.55 (0.35, 0.88)*

Improvement of respondents in knowledge, skill &/ attitude

 Yes

140

120

1.00

 

 No

72

93

0.66 (0.44, 0.98)*

 

Quality of teaching

 Yes

140

101

1.00

1.00

 No

72

112

0.46 (0.31, 0.68)*

0.51 (0.31, 0.85)*

Respondent’s idea regarding staff helpfulness

 Yes

111

85

1.00

 

 No

101

128

0.60 (0.41, 0.88)*

 

Respondent’s relationship with their classmates

 Yes

201

188

1.00

 

 No

11

25

0.41 (0.19, 0.86)*

 

Curriculum appropriateness for field of study

 Yes

102

77

1.00

 

 No

110

136

0.61 (0.41, 0.90)*

 

Respondent’s acceptance of course contents

 Yes

156

126

1.00

1.00

 No

56

87

0.52 (0.34, 0.78)*

0.59 (0.35, 0.97) *

Timely and helpfulness of feedback

 Yes

97

75

1.00

 

 No

115

138

0.64 (0.43, 0.95)*

 

Fulfillment of classroom facilities

 Yes

119

96

1.00

 

 No

93

117

0.64 (0.43, 0.94)*

 

Presence of facilities that support student’s learning

 Yes

84

58

1.00

 

 No

128

155

0.57 (0.37, 0.85)*

 

Demonstration room fulfillment with adequate learning equipment

 Yes

138

108

1.00

 

 No

74

105

0.55 (0.37, 0.81)*

 

Presence of adequate learning materials and facilities in the library

 Yes

188

160

1.00

 

 No

24

53

0.38 (0.22, 0.65)*

 

Accessibility of technology to use in the campus

 Yes

151

127

1.00

 

 No

61

86

0.59 (0.39, 0.89)*

 
  1. Crude and adjusted = for ethnicity, department, year of study, preferred learning style, experience of classroom distress, classroom facilities, learning equipment and library facilities
  2. *= significant results
  3. a = Reference category