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. 2014 Feb 1;9:8. doi: 10.1186/1747-597X-9-8

Table 4.

Multivariate negative binomial regression model on the willingness to use a CE-drug (n = 2,887)

 
IRR a
95% CI b
Drug characteristics    
Magnitude of enhancement effect (Ref. 5 percent):
 
 
▪ a factor of two
1.010
[0.849,1.201]
▪ a factor of three
1.329**
[1.120,1.577]
Probability of enhancement effect (Ref. 5 percent):
 
 
▪ 50 percent
1.287**
[1.081,1.533]
▪ 100 percent
1.392***
[1.177,1.646]
Severity of side effects (Ref. very light depression):
 
 
▪ moderate depression
0.924
[0.781,1.093]
▪ very strong depression
0.881
[0.746,1.041]
Probability of side effects (Ref. one of 1,000,000 users):
 
 
▪ one of 1,000 users
0.955
[0.815,1.119]
▪ every user
0.634***
[0.533,0.754]
Drug price (Ref. free):
 
 
▪ 20 Euros
1.118
[0.955,1.310]
▪ 100 Euros
0.683***
[0.572,0.815]
Social environment
 
 
Peer prevalence (Ref. none):
 
 
▪ every second
1.287***
[1.089,1.522]
▪ every one
1.321**
[1.113,1.568]
Social suggestions (Ref. never):
 
 
▪ sometimes
0.887
[0.749,1.051]
▪ very often
1.071
[0.907,1.265]
Social disapproval (Ref. no criticism):
 
 
▪ moderate criticism
0.926
[0.788,1.090]
▪ very strong criticism
0.713***
[0.600,0.846]
Personal characteristics
 
 
Risk attitudes
1.012
[0.980,1.045]
Academic procrastination
1.112**
[1.034,1.196]
Study motivation
0.897**
[0.839,0.960]
Cognitive test anxiety (CTA)
1.383***
[1.245,1.535]
Competencies
1.048
[0.915,1.199]
Internalized social norms
0.673***
[0.644,0.702]
Prior CE-drug use
2.409***
[1.873,3.097]
Demographic variables
 
 
Male (Ref. female)
0.949
[0.812,1.110]
Agec
0.969
[0.928,1.012]
Field of study (Ref. sports):
 
 
▪ Linguistics & cultural studies
1.260
[0.792,2.004]
▪ Legal, economic, & social sciences
1.237
[0.763,2.006]
▪ Mathematics & natural sciences
1.261
[0.797,1.995]
▪ Human medicine & health
1.272
[0.710,2.279]
▪ Agriculture, forestry, & nutritional sciences
1.285
[0.716,2.307]
▪ Engineering
1.845*
[1.089,3.126]
▪ Arts & science of art
1.669
[0.981,2.839]
Log-pseudolikelihood (full model)
-3566.2
Log-pseudolikelihood (base model) -3848.1

*p < 0.05, **p < .01, ***p < .001 (Wald tests, robust standard errors).

a Adjusted Incidence Rate Ratios (IRR).

b Confidence Intervals (CI).

c Age was treated as a metric variable (see Table  2 for the 14 measured categories).