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. 2020 Jan 15;10:2858. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02858

TABLE 2.

Multivariate logistic regression model for learning motivation levels.

Variable Learning motivation levels Learning strategy levels


Odds ratio (95% CI) P-value Odds ratio (95% CI) P-value
GPA 0.64(0.51,0.80) < 0.001 0.60(0.47,0.75) < 0.001
Growing place
Rural area 1.00(reference) 1.00(reference)
Urban area 0.75(0.57,0.98) 0.033 0.97(0.74,1.28) 0.835
Urban–rural junction 0.94(0.67,1.33) 0.725 1.05(0.74,1.49) 0.776
Primary caregiver
Father 1.00(reference)
Father and mother 0.48(0.26,0.88) 0.018
Mother 0.50(0.24,1.05) 0.066
Other 0.53(0.23,1.22) 0.134
The person who has the greatest influence on your self-learning
Companion 1.00(reference)
Father 0.71(0.47,1.07) 0.102
Grandparents 0.40(0.18,0.85) 0.018
Mother 0.87(0.60,1.28) 0.488
Other relatives 0.44(0.14,1.35) 0.152
Teacher 0.86(0.56,1.34) 0.514
Other 0.71(0.39,1.32) 0.280
Views on the learning atmosphere of the university
Excellent 1.00(reference) 1.00(reference)
Good 1.25(0.87,1.79) 0.220 1.25(0.86,1.81) 0.235
Just so-so 1.71(1.18,2.48) 0.005 1.69(1.16,2.47) 0.007
Bad 1.31(0.67,2.56) 0.432 1.75(0.87,3.54) 0.117
Terrible 0.97(0.38,2.43) 0.942 1.29(0.49,3.40) 0.607
Time of learning medicine weekly (h)
<10 1.00(reference) 1.00(reference)
10–20 0.64(0.45,0.91) 0.014 0.54(0.38,0.79) 0.001
20–30 0.49(0.34,0.72) < 0.001 0.46(0.31,0.68) < 0.001
30–40 0.45(0.29,0.69) < 0.001 0.40(0.25,0.63) < 0.001
>40 0.20(0.13,0.30) < 0.001 0.21(0.14,0.32) < 0.001
Time of extracurricular activities weekly (h)
<5 1.00(reference)
5–10 0.64(0.45,0.91) 0.012
10–15 0.74(0.51,1.09) 0.129
15–20 0.64(0.40,1.02) 0.061
>20 0.69(0.46,1.05) 0.086
Interest in medicine
Extremely interested 1.00(reference) 1.00(reference)
Interested 1.40(0.93,2.09) 0.103 2.16(1.40,3.33) < 0.001
Just so-so 3.16(2.07,4.83) < 0.001 4.45(2.84,6.98) < 0.001
Not interested 3.10(1.40,6.85) 0.005 3.43(1.54,7.68) 0.003
Extremely not interested 4.00(1.21,13.24) 0.023 4.95(1.41,17.31) 0.012
Think of the main teaching mode of your university
Traditional teaching mode 1.00(reference)
Combination of traditional teaching and non-traditional teaching 0.63(0.48,0.83) 0.001
PBL 0.48(0.28,0.83) 0.008

GPA, grade point average; PBL, problem-based learning. P < 0.05.