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Table 5 Factors associated with comfort of patients with presence of medical students during consultations

From: Patients’ attitudes towards involvement of medical students in their care at university teaching hospitals of three public universities in Uganda: a cross sectional study

 

Feels comfortable

Crude Odds ratio (95%CI)

Adjusted Odds ratio (95%CI)a

Characteristics

Yes, N (%)

No, N (%)

  

Age of participants (Years)

    

  18 – 39

364 (51.7)

96 (63.6)

1.00

1.00

  40 – 59

249 (35.4)

42 (27.8)

1.56 (1.05—2.33)

1.46 (0.92—2.30)

   ≥ 60

91 (12.9)

13 (8.6)

1.85 (0.99- 3.45)

1.89 (0.91—3.95)

Sex of participant

    

  Male

133 (18.9)

26 (17.2)

1.00

1.00

  Female

571 (81.1)

125 (82.8)

0.89 (0.56—1.42)

1.08 (0.64—1.80)

Marital status

    

  Married/cohabiting

463 (66.1)

104 (68.9)

1.00

1.00

  Single/never married

74 (10.6)

19 (12.6)

0.87 (0.51—1.51)

1.09 (0.61—1.96)

  Separated/divorced

81 (11.6)

15 (9.9)

1.21 (0.67—2.19)

1.15 (0.63—2.1)

  Widowed/widower

82 (11.7)

13 (8.6)

1.42 (0.76—2.64)

1.05 (0.51—2.16)

Education attainment

    

  Primary education

280 (40.4)

47 (31.7)

1.00

1.00

  Secondary education

221 (31.9)

60 (40.3)

0.62 (0.41—0.94)

0.69 (0.45—1.07)

  Tertiary education

84 (12.1)

13 (8.7)

1.08 (0.56—2.10)

1.11 (0.57 -2.16)

  University

33 (4.8)

13 (8.7)

0.43 (0.42—1.47)

0.45 (0.21- 0.94)

  No formal education

75 (10.8)

16 (10.7)

0.789 (0.42—1.47)

0.69 (0.36—1.32)

Employment status

    

  No formal employment

257 (36.9)

58 (38.4)

1.00

1.00

  Formal employment

440 (62.85)

93 (61.6)

1.07 (0.74—1.53)

1.08 (0.74—1.58)

University hospital

    

  Makerere University

229 (32.5)

52 (34.4)

1.00

1.00

  Mbarara University (MUST)

256 (36.4)

30 (19.9)

1.94(1.19–3.15)

2.01(1.20—3.39)

  Gulu University

219 (31.1)

69 (45.7)

0.72(0.48–1.08)

0.71 (0.46 -1.09)

Specialty

    

  Gynecology

334 (47.4)

81 (53.6)

1.00

1.00

  Medical

370 (52.6)

70 (46.4)

1.28 (0.900—1.82)

1.04 (0.65—1.67)

  1. MUST  Mbarara University of Science and Technology
  2. aAdjusted for all factors on table
  3. Bold  Factors statistically significant