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Table 3 Medical students opinions on Euthanasia, withdrawal of artificial life support, abortion for congenital abnormalities and abortion for failed contraception

From: Medical students and controversial ethical issues: results from the multicenter study SBRAME

Ethical issue

OR

95% CI

p

Euthanasia a

  Number of medical students in the university

1.002

1.000-1.003

0.005

  Year of medical School foundation

1.007

1.001-1.013

0.029

  Intrinsic religiousness

0.922

0.886-0.959

<0.001

  Religious attendance

0.678

0.616-0.746

<0.001

  Believe in soul

0.573

0.383-0.858

0.007

  Desired Medical specialty

   

   Internal medicine

1.000

  

   Gynecology/obstetrics

0.794

0.523-1.205

0.278

   Pediatrics

0.635

0.443-0.909

0.013

   Surgery

1.065

0.817-1.388

0.641

   Other

1.068

0.825-1.381

0.619

  Religious affiliation

   

   No affiliation

1.000

  

   Evangelical

0.791

0.508-1.232

0.300

   Catholics

1.063

0.808-1.398

0.661

   Spiritist

0.533

0.381-0.746

<0.001

   Other

1.132

0.778-1.649

0.517

Withdrawal of artificial life support b

  Gender (Female)

0.819

0.681-0.986

0.035

  Location of the university (urban)

1.308

1.090-1.571

0.004

  Income

1.111

1.019-1.211

0.017

  Intrinsic religiousness

0.936

0.905-0.968

<0.001

  Religious attendance

0.733

0.673-0.798

<0.001

Abortion for congenital abnormalities c

  Age

1.039

1.009-1.069

0.009

  Year of medical School foundation

1.009

1.003-1,014

0.003

  Intrinsic religiousness

0.918

0.883-0.954

<0.001

  Religious attendance

0.725

0.660-0.797

<0.001

  Non-organizational religiousness

0.921

0.858-0.989

0.024

  Desired Medical specialty

   

   Internal medicine

1.000

  

   Gynecology/obstetrics

1.311

0.885-1.942

0.176

   Pediatrics

0.877

0.629-1.222

0.437

   Surgery

1.485

1.156-1.906

0.002

   Other

1.102

0.866-1.402

0.430

Abortion for failed contraception d

  Type of university (Public)

0.665

0.535-0.826

<0.001

  Intrinsic religiousness

0.909

0.874-0.947

<0.001

  Religious attendance

0.804

0.723-0.894

<0.001

  Belief in life after death

0.648

0.487-0.864

0.003

  Religious affiliation

   

   No affiliation

1.000

  

   Evangelical

0.667

0.400-1.113

0.121

   Catholics

0.719

0.540-0.957

0.024

   Spiritist

0.523

0.354-0.773

0.001

   Other

1.159

0.790-1.698

0.451

  1. aHosmer-Lemeshow: 10.427, p = 0.236, Nagelkerke R square = 0.239.
  2. bHosmer-Lemeshow: 5.856, p = 0.663, Nagelkerke R square = 0.130.
  3. cHosmer-Lemeshow: 12.605, p = 0.126, Nagelkerke R square = 0.181.
  4. dHosmer-Lemeshow: 10.308, p = 0.244, Nagelkerke R square = 0.166.
  5. Variables: gender, age, race, undergraduate year, Number of medical students in the university, type of university (public or private), Year of medical School foundation, income, location of the university (urban or rural), intrinsic religiousness, religiousness attendance, non-organizational religiousness, happiness, satisfaction with the course, believe in life after death, believe in soul, religious affiliation and desired medical specialty.
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