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Table 4 Univariate logistic regression for associated factors of using statistical analysis software

From: Statistics for undergraduate medical students in Sudan: associated factors for using statistical analysis software and attitude toward statistics among undergraduate medical students in Sudan

Variables

Univariate Logistic regression

OR

95% CI

p-value

Lower

Upper

Age

1.224

1.079

1.388

0.002

Gender

    

 Female

-

-

-

-

 Male

1.065

0.711

1.597

0.759

Year of study

    

 Second

-

-

-

-

 Third

0.814

0.427

1.550

0.531

 Fourth

1.596

0.851

2.993

0.145

 Fifth

1.988

1.075

3.677

0.028

 Sixth

12.652

4.803

33.332

 < 0.001

Received or attended any physical or online course in biostatistics

1.886

1.252

2.841

0.002

Received or attended any physical or online course in Evidence based medicine

1.458

0.948

2.243

0.086

Received or attended any physical or online course in Research methodology

3.383

2.120

5.398

 < 0.001

Having a family member (parent, sibling, spouse…etc.) working in health care

1.292

0.859

1.944

0.219

Participated in or established a research project

4.349

2.839

6.661

 < 0.001

Published research

8.271

3.542

19.312

 < 0.001

  1. CI Confidence Interval, OR Odd ratio