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Table 4 Multiple linear regression model for “Self-perceived research competence”-score

From: Research involvement among undergraduate health sciences students: a cross-sectional study

Variables

B

SE

95% CI

Sig.

Intercept

59.12

0.97

57.22

61.02

<0.001

Discipline

 DT (vs. MB,ChB)

4.94

1.18

2.62

7.26

<0.001

 OT (vs. MB,ChB)

3.10

0.97

1.21

5.00

<0.001

 PT (vs. MB,ChB)

4.83

0.83

3.20

6.46

<0.001

 SLHT (vs. MB,ChB)

11.12

1.62

7.94

14.30

<0.001

Academic performance

  < 60% (vs. ≥75%)

−3.04

0.79

−4.59

−1.50

<0.001

 60-74% (vs. ≥75%)

−1.57

0.63

−2.80

−0.34

0.01

Gender

 Male (vs. female)

2.93

0.58

1.79

4.08

<0.001

Home Language

 Afrikaans (vs. English)

−0.65

0.56

−1.75

0.46

0.25

 Other Southern-African languagea (vs. English)

1.57

0.85

−0.10

3.23

0.07

 Afrikaans AND Englishb (vs. English only)

5.38

2.51

0.47

10.29

0.03

 Otherc (vs. English)

−0.96

1.70

−4.29

2.37

0.57

Previous BSc. experience

  ≥ 1 years (vs. none)

1.50

0.66

0.22

2.79

0.02

Previous or current voluntary research involvement

 Yes (vs. none)

5.05

0.70

3.68

6.42

<0.001

Previous curricular research experience

 Yes (vs. none)

1.20

0.51

0.21

2.20

0.02

  1. B Regression coefficient, SE Standard Error (of B), DT Dietetics, OT Occupational therapy, PT Physiotherapy/Physical therapy, SLHT Speech, language and hearing therapy,. MB,ChB Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MD/MBBS equivalent)
  2. aIncludes Xhosa, Zulu, Tswana, Northern Sotho/Sepedi, Venda, Tsonga, SiSwati, Ndebele, Zemba (Namibia), Shona (Zimbabwe)
  3. bParticipants that indicated a dual home-language (n = 18)
  4. cIncludes German, French, Mandarin, Dutch, Burmese, Portugese, Igbo (Nigeria)