Table 2.
Comparison analysis for underlying motivation factors in medical undergraduates’ willingness to practice medicine
| Variables | Unwillingness (n = 775) |
Willingness (n = 1573) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal ideals (n [%]) | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 463 (59.74) | 645 (41.00) | |
| Yes | 312 (40.26) | 928 (59.00) | |
| Family expectations (n [%]) | 0.514 | ||
| No | 387 (49.94) | 808 (51.37) | |
| Yes | 388 (50.06) | 765 (48.63) | |
| Family support (n [%]) | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 333 (42.97) | 556 (35.35) | |
| Yes | 442 (57.03) | 1017 (64.65) | |
| Helping family members (n [%]) | 0.137 | ||
| No | 201 (25.94) | 454 (28.86) | |
| Yes | 574 (74.06) | 1119 (71.14) | |
| Job Stability (n [%]) | 0.528 | ||
| No | 124 (16.00) | 236 (15.00) | |
| Yes | 651 (84.00) | 1337 (85.00) | |
| High income (n [%]) | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 364 (46.97) | 519 (32.99) | |
| Yes | 411 (53.03) | 1054 (67.01) | |
| Social respect (n [%]) | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 256 (33.03) | 299 (19.01) | |
| Yes | 519 (66.97) | 1274 (80.99) | |
| High employment rate (n [%]) | 0.214 | ||
| No | 244 (31.48) | 456 (28.99) | |
| Yes | 531 (68.52) | 1117 (71.01) | |
| Tension in doctor-patient relationship (n [%]) | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 263 (33.94) | 724 (46.03) | |
| Yes | 512 (66.06) | 849 (53.97) | |
| Heavy workload (n [%]) | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 325 (41.94) | 897 (57.02) | |
| Yes | 450 (58.06) | 676 (42.98) | |
| Long training (n [%]) | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 240 (30.97) | 630 (40.05) | |
| Yes | 535 (69.03) | 943 (59.95) | |
| High risk of infection (n [%]) | 0.391 | ||
| No | 212 (27.35) | 457 (29.05) | |
| Yes | 563 (72.65) | 1116 (70.95) | |
| Afraid of COVID-19 degree (n [%]) | < 0.001 | ||
| Very afraid | 147 (18.97) | 236 (15.00) | |
| Afraid | 256 (33.03) | 440 (27.97) | |
| Not afraid | 178 (22.97) | 346 (22.00) | |
| Not afraid at all | 194 (25.03) | 551 (35.03) |