Table 7.

Logistic regression examining factors with not choosing psychiatry as a career*

Factor	Category	OR	95% CI	95% CI	P values
			Lower	Lower
Age (years)		1.18	1.02	1.36	0.029
A trusted doctor/nurse who has close contact with you	Yes	0.52	0.28	0.94	0.030
	No	Ref.	–	–	–
Interest in psychiatry prior to admission	Yes	0.05	0.01	0.38	0.004
	No	Ref.	–	–	–
Highest education attained prior to admission	Postgraduate	0.05	0.01	0.34	0.002
	Pretertiary	Ref.	–	–	–
Joined psychiatry/mental health club	Yes	0.24	0.09	0.64	0.005
	No	Ref.	–	–	–
Weeks of psychiatric training	0 week	Ref.	–	–	–
	<5 weeks	2.67	1.21	5.91	0.015
	>5 weeks	2.60	1.44	4.70	0.002
High status among medicine	Important	1.97	1.10	3.51	0.022
	Indifferent	Ref.	–	–	–
ATP-18 score		0.92	0.88	0.96	<0.001
Neuroticism		0.92	0.86	0.98	0.009

*Backwards selection procedure, variables entered initially: age, stage of schooling, having close contact with a trusted doctor/nurse, personal/family experience of a physical and mental illness, interest in psychiatry and highest education attained prior to admission, academic and lectures, junior clinicians during placement, optional courses and electives, mental health club membership, weeks of psychiatric training received, clinical placement, level of responsibility in psychiatric patient care, neuroscience module, high status among medicine, ATP-18 score, OMS-HC score, agreeableness and neuroticism.

ATP-18, Attitude to Psychiatry Scale; OMS-HC, Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Healthcare Providers.