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Table 4 Association between medication knowledge, certainty evaluation and risk of error and participants' background characteristics

From: Medication knowledge, certainty, and risk of errors in health care: a cross-sectional study

Associating factors

Medication knowledge

(score 0-42)

Certainty

(score 0-3)

Risk of error

(score 1-3)

 

Beta

P-value

R 2 -change

Beta

P-value

R 2 -Change

Beta

P-value

R 2 -Change

Working in hospitals

1.80

<0.001

0.10

0.22

<0.001

0.08

-0.20

0.001

0.10

Postgraduate specialist

1.23

0.01

0.03

 

ns

 

-0.22

0.001

0.05

Course in drug management

1.60

0.006

0.03

 

ns

 

-0.21

0.004

0.03

GHQ score coping

 

Ns

 

0.06

0.005

0.04

0.05

0.005

0.03

Total adjusted R2

  

0,16

  

0.11

  

0.20

  1. Multivariable linear regression with forward stepwise selection of variables.