Table 5 Factors associated with dental students’ overall perception of USR.

From: Factors associated with the perception of university social responsibility among dental students from two universities in the Peruvian capital: a multivariable regression analysis

Variable

Category

Crude model

Adjusted model

β

PR

95% CI

p*

β

APR

95% CI

p**

LL

UL

LL

UL

Age group

< 22 years

-0.71

0.49

0.35

0.69

< 0.001*

-0.38

0.68

0.42

1.11

0.120

≥ 22 years

 

Ref.

    

Ref.

   

Sex

Female

-0.07

0.93

0.66

1.31

0.687

-0.17

0.84

0.61

1.18

0.319

Male

 

Ref.

    

Ref.

   

Marital status

Single

0.02

1.02

0.48

2.16

0.965

-0.06

0.94

0.44

2.01

0.880

Married or cohabiting

 

Ref.

    

Ref.

   

Type of university

Public

0.75

2.12

1.52

2.96

< 0.001*

0.92

2.51

1.67

3.78

< 0.001**

Private

 

Ref.

    

Ref.

   

Academic year

1st year

-1.18

0.31

0.17

0.55

< 0.001*

-0.54

0.58

0.29

1.18

0.136

2nd year

-1.30

0.27

0.15

0.48

< 0.001*

-0.53

0.59

0.27

1.27

0.178

3rd year

-0.86

0.42

0.26

0.69

0.001*

-0.08

0.92

0.52

1.64

0.784

4th year

-0.87

0.42

0.23

0.77

0.005*

0.31

1.36

0.63

2.95

0.436

5th year

-0.55

0.58

0.36

0.92

0.020*

0.20

1.23

0.73

2.07

0.441

6th year

 

Ref.

    

Ref.

   

Awareness of taking subjects related to USR

Yes

-0.25

0.78

0.56

1.08

0.130

-0.32

0.73

0.51

1.04

0.079

No

 

Ref.

    

Ref.

   

Model constant

     

-1.70

0.18

0.08

0.44

< 0.001

  1. *Simple Poisson regression model (*p < 0.05, significant association). **Adjusted multiple regression model (**p < 0.05, significant association); PR: Prevalence Ratio; APR: Adjusted Prevalence Ratio under Poisson regression model with robust variance; β: Coefficient of determination; 95% CI: 95% Confidence Interval; LL: Lower Limit; UL: Upper Limit. The adjustment variables were age group, sex and marital status.
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