Table 4.
Factors associated with medical students’ intention to leave Uganda after graduation, 2013. ( n = 255)
| Bivariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Categories | OR (95 % CI) | P value | OR (95 % CI) | P value |
| Age | 1.01 (0.98 – 1.03) | 0.623 | 1.64 (1.00 – 4.82) | 0.050 | |
| Sex | Female | 1 | 1 | ||
| Male | 1.14 (0.65 – 2.01) | 0.646 | 0.05 (0.001 -1.59) | 0.087 | |
| CGPA**** | 0.98 (0.89 – 1.07) | 0.626 | |||
| Perceived social status | Lower class | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lower middle | 0.40 (0.16 – 1.01) | 0.053 | 0.02 (0.001 -15.0) | 0.235 | |
| Upper middle | 0.45 (0.17 – 1.18) | 0.105 | 0.03 (0.001 – 4.88) | 0.175 | |
| Upper class | 0.95 (0.73 – 4.17) | 0.957 | |||
| Not satisfied with work conditions | 1.20 (0.55 – 2.62) | 0.640 | 33.6 (0.5 – 2313.6) | 0.104 | |
| Said hospital supplies inadequate | 1.13 (0.59 – 2.17) | 0.704 | 0.92 (0.04 – 19.91) | 0.958 | |
| Said patient load is high | 1.07 (0.60 – 1.89) | 0.830 | 0.1 (0.01 – 2.57) | 0.108 | |
| Said payment is low | 1.44 (0.37 – 5.53) | 0.591 | |||
| Institution affiliation | MakCHS* | 1 | 1 | ||
| MUST** | 1.34 (0.69 – 2.60) | 0.394 | 1.73 (0.07 – 44.73) | 0.740 | |
| Gulu | 1.06 (0.55 – 2.03) | 0.865 | |||
| KIU*** | 1.68 (0.80 – 3.54) | 0.173 | 0.04 (0.003-4.90) | 0.190 | |
| Intends to leave health sector | 2.95 (1.28 – 6.81) | 0.011 | |||
*Makerere University College of Health sciences
**Mbarara University of Science and Technology
***Kampala International University
****Cumulative Grade Progress Average