Table 4.

Factors associated with self-reported medical errors among undergraduate health science students at Arba Minch University (n = 280).

Variables	Categories	Ever done harm to patients		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)
		Yes	No
Current attachment unit	Pedi/Medi/Others	24	127	1	1
	Surg/Obs	27	102	1.40 (0.76–2.57)	2.72 (1.16–6.39) *
Ever managed patients independently	Yes	44	154	1	1
	No	7	75	0.33 (0.14–0.76) *	0.24 (0.08–0.72) *
Ever witnessed harm to patients by colleagues	Yes	39	64	1	1
	No	12	165	0.12 (0.11–0.24) *	0.12 (0.05–0.29) *
Ever witnessed harm to a close friend or family member	Yes	31	53	1	1
	No	20	176	0.19 (0.10–0.37) *	0.36 (0.16–0.80) *
Knowledge level	Good	40	190	0.75 (0.35–1.58)	0.48 (0.17–1.35)
	Poor	11	39	1	1
Attitude level	Favorable	32	86	1.01 (0.54–1.91)	0.99 (0.43–2.30)
	Unfavorable	19	143	1	1
Practice level	Good	20	88	1.03 (0.55–1.93)	1.36 (0.63–2.95)
	Poor	31	141	1	1

*p-value less than 0.05; CI, confidence interval; COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio.