Table 7 Predictors of higher familiarity and knowledge scores of the medical and non-medical students
From: Assessment of genetic familiarity and genetic knowledge among Palestinian university students
Field | Variable | Unstandardized Coefficients | SE | Standardized Coefficients | t | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical students | Familiarity | |||||
Age | -0.07 | 0.06 | -0.12 | -1.35 | 0.178 | |
Year of Study | 0.36 | 0.07 | 0.44 | 4.91 | < 0.001 | |
Learning of genetic courses | 0.61 | 0.13 | 0.23 | 4.75 | < 0.001 | |
Knowledge | ||||||
Year of Study | -0.07 | 0.09 | -0.04 | -0.74 | 0.460 | |
Family history of genetic disease | -0.51 | 0.25 | -0.10 | -2.00 | 0.047 | |
Parents consanguinity | -1.01 | 0.28 | -0.18 | -3.68 | < 0.001 | |
Learning of genetic courses | 0.98 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 3.60 | < 0.001 | |
Non-medical students | Familiarity | |||||
Gender | 0.90 | 0.18 | 0.30 | 4.87 | < 0.001 | |
Year of Study | 0.28 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 4.48 | < 0.001 | |
Family history of genetic disease | -0.12 | 0.17 | -0.04 | -0.73 | 0.464 | |
Parents consanguinity | -0.12 | 0.17 | -0.04 | -0.70 | 0.484 | |
Learning of genetic courses | 1.21 | 0.19 | 0.38 | 6.37 | < 0.001 | |
Place of residence | -0.34 | 0.12 | -0.16 | -2.94 | 0.004 | |
Knowledge | ||||||
Age | -0.28 | 0.58 | -0.03 | -0.49 | 0.626 | |
Gender | 1.08 | 0.55 | 0.14 | 1.94 | 0.053 | |
Year of Study | -0.23 | 0.22 | -0.08 | -1.05 | 0.293 | |
Family history of genetic disease | -0.80 | 0.50 | -0.10 | -1.60 | 0.111 | |
Parents consanguinity | -1.55 | 0.51 | -0.19 | -3.01 | 0.003 | |
Learning of genetic courses | 1.62 | 0.57 | 0.19 | 2.83 | 0.005 | |
Place of residence | -1.31 | 0.35 | -0.24 | -3.78 | < 0.001 | |