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Table 6 Factors associated with comfort of patients in the medical specialty with the 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

89 (24.1)

25 (53.7)

1.00

1.00

  40—59

199 (53.8)

34 (48.6)

1.64 (0.93—2.92)

1.30 (0.68—2.50)

   ≥ 60

82 (22.2)

11 (15.7)

2.09 (0.97—5.52)

1.86 (0.77—4.48)

Sex of participant

    

  Male

133 (36.0)

26 (37.1)

1.00

1.00

  Female

237 (64.1)

44 (62.9)

1.05 (0.62—1.79)

1.05 (0.59—1.89)

Marital status

    

  Married/cohabiting

238 (64.3)

47 (67.1)

1.00

1.00

  Single/never married

27 (7.3)

8 (11.4)

0.67 (0.29—1.56)

0.92 (0.36—2.39)

  Separated/divorced

39 (10.5)

8 (11.4)

0.96 (0.42—2.19)

0.86 (0.36—2.06)

  Widowed/widower

66 (17.8)

7 (10.0)

1.86 (0.80—4.31)

1.7 (0.67—4.30)

Education attainment

    

  Primary education

152 (41.6)

22 (31.8)

1.00

1.00

  Secondary education

101 (27.7)

22 (31.9)

0.66 (0.35—1.26)

0.79 (0.4—1.58)

  Tertiary education

46 (12.6)

8 (11.6)

0.83 (0.35—1.99)

0.90 (0.36—2.22)

  University

18 (4.9)

7 (10.1)

0.37 (0.14—0.99)

0.38 (0.133—1.07)

  No formal education

48 (13.2)

10 (14.5)

0.69 (0.31—1.57)

0.62 (0.26—1.46)

Employment status

    

  No formal employment

116(31.7)

28(40.0)

1.00

1.00

  Formal employment

250(68.3)

42(60.0)

1.43 (0.85–2.43)

1.62 (0.92–2.87)

University hospital

    

  Makerere University

114 (30.8)

25 (35.7)

1.00

1.00

  Mbarara University (MUST)

137 (37.0)

11 (15.7)

2.73 (1.29—5.79)

2.83 (1.24—6.49)

  Gulu University

119 (32.2)

34 (48.6)

0.77 (0.43—1.37)

0.80 (0.42—1.51)

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