A survey of community members' perceptions of medical errors in Oman

BMC Medical Ethics

Table 2 Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models (N = 212).

Independent Variable	N	Univariate		Multivariate
		Odds Ratio [95% CI]	p-value	Odds Ratio [95% CI]	p-value
Age	212	0.94 [0.91–0.96]	<0.001	0.96 [0.93–0.99]	0.045
Male gender	112	0.63 [0.32–1.22]	0.169	0.82 [0.36–1.85]	0.629
Educational level
Illiterate	35	Ref
Preparatory	147	4.20 [1.92–9.19]	<0.001	1.70 [0.61–4.77]	0.314
Secondary & above	30	8.50 [2.17–33.3]	0.002	1.58 [0.28–8.88]	0.603
Married	148	0.33 [0.14–0.79]	0.012	0.45 [0.15–1.31]	0.144
Family income
<200	66	Ref
200–500	102	2.19 [1.08–4.43]	0.029	1.99 [0.87–4.55]	0.104
>500	44	5.35 [1.70–16.8]	0.004	4.73 [1.37–16.4]	0.014

N = Number of participants in each category; CI = Confidence Interval; the variables were entered into the multivariate logistic regression model simultaneously; p-values were generated using both univariate and multivariate logistic regression models

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