Table 3:
Variations by academic year in perceptions of health-based research among surveyed Saudi Arabian undergraduate medical students (N = 401)
| Item | n (%) | OR (95% CI) | P value* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preclinical | Clinical | ||||||||
| First year | Second year | Total | Third year | Fourth year | Fifth year | Total | |||
| Attitude towards research | 1.9 (1.3–3.0) | 0.007 | |||||||
| Positive | 22 (30.1) | 29 (38.2) | 51 (34.2) | 41 (54.0) | 35 (47.3) | 51 (50.0) | 127 (50.4) | ||
| Negative | 51 (69.9) | 47 (61.8) | 98 (65.8) | 35 (46.0) | 39 (52.7) | 51 (50.0) | 125 (49.6) | ||
| Resources/opportunities for research | 1.9 (1.2–3.2) | 0.007 | |||||||
| Adequate | 11 (15.1) | 17 (22.4) | 28 (18.8) | 27 (35.5) | 27 (36.5) | 24 (23.5) | 78 (31.0) | ||
| Inadequate | 62 (84.9) | 59 (77.6) | 121 (81.2) | 49 (64.5) | 47 (63.5) | 78 (76.5) | 174 (69.0) | ||
| Appreciation of contribution to research | 2.0 (1.3–3.1) | 0.060 | |||||||
| Appreciation | 23 (31.5) | 22 (29.0) | 45 (30.2) | 38 (50.0) | 38 (51.4) | 41 (40.2) | 117 (46.4) | ||
| Lack of appreciation | 50 (68.5) | 54 (71.0) | 104 (69.8) | 38 (50.0) | 36 (48.6) | 61 (59.8) | 135 (53.6) | ||
OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.
*
P <0.050 was considered statistically significant.