Factors contributing to lack of interest in research among medical students

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Table 1 Responses of medical students concerning possible factors that are responsible for causing a lack of interest in research

Variable	Case		Control		Crude OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
	n	%	n	%
1. Sex
Male	33	50.0	33	50.0	1.000	0.491–2.038	0.735	0.259–2.083
Female	28	50.0	28	50.0	1.000		1.000
2. Curriculum overload
Yes	49	47.1	55	52.9	0.445	0.155–1.277	0.396	0.100–1.564
No	12	66.7	6	33.3	1.000		1.000
3. Sleep loss
Yes	27	61.4	17	38.6	2.055	0.967–4.369	1.463	0.462–4.625
No	34	43.6	44	56.4	1.000		1.000
4. Fatigue
Yes	43	60.6	28	39.4	2.815	1.335–5.936	2.640	0.923–7.547
No	18	35.3	33	64.7	1.000		1.000
5. Extracurricular activities
Yes	29	58.0	21	42.0	1.726	0.833–3.578	1.569	0.563–4.374
No	32	44.4	40	55.6	1.000		1.000
6. You find research useless
Yes	35	72.9	13	27.1	4.970	2.243–11.014	4.570	1.514–13.800
No	26	35.1	48	64.9	1.000		1.000
7. Lack of previous exposure
Yes	26	39.4	40	60.6	0.390	0.187–0.811	0.445	0.165–1.202
No	35	62.5	21	37.5	1.000		1.000
8. Internet inexperience
Yes	14	37.8	23	62.2	0.492	0.223–1.084	0.522	0.166–1.644
No	47	55.3	38	44.7	1.000		1.000
9. Uncooperative colleagues
Yes	37	51.4	35	48.6	1.145	0.556–2.358	0.994	0.348–2.839
No	24	48.0	26	52.0	1.000		1.000
10. Uncooperative community
Yes	28	46.7	32	53.3	0.769	0.378–1.566	0.522	0.182–1.502
No	33	53.2	29	46.8	1.000		1.000
11. Improper weather
Yes	30	57.7	22	42.3	1.716	0.831–3.541	0.610	0.208–1.789
No	31	44.3	39	55.7	1.000		1.000
12. Lack of knowledge
Yes	20	52.6	18	47.4	1.165	0.541–2.510	1.404	0.473–4.165
No	41	48.8	43	51.2	1.000		1.000
13. Finding a mentor
Yes	28	44.4	35	55.6	0.630	0.308–1.288	0.579	0.212–1.582
No	33	55.9	26	44.1	1.000		1.000
14. Selecting a topic
Yes	32	48.5	34	51.5	0.876	0.430–1.787	1.063	0.367–3.080
No	29	51.8	27	48.2	1.000		1.000
15. Bad past experience (for example, plagiarism)
Yes	17	54.8	14	45.2	1.297	0.572–2.940	2.241	0.627–8.004
No	44	48.4	47	51.6	1.000		1.000
16. Social commitments
Yes	29	56.9	22	43.1	1.607	0.778–3.317	1.789	0.633–5.059
No	32	45.1	39	54.9	1.000		1.000
17. Drugs/addictions
Yes	15	65.2	8	34.8	2.160	0.840–5.556	1.243	0.291–5.303
No	46	46.5	53	53.5	1.000		1.000
18. Laziness
Yes	31	53.4	27	46.6	1.301	0.638–2.653	0.965	0.376–2.473
No	30	46.9	34	53.1	1.000		1.000
19. Lack of Internet facilities
Yes	23	41.1	33	58.9	0.514	0.249–1.057	0.218	0.074–0.644
No	38	57.6	28	42.4	1.000		1.000
20. Uncooperative faculty
Yes	27	54.0	23	46.0	1.312	0.636–2.705	0.751	0.219–2.571
No	34	47.2	38	52.8	1.000		1.000
21. Transportation problems
Yes	36	51.4	34	48.6	1.144	0.558–2.345	1.854	0.623–5.519
No	25	48.1	27	51.9	1.000		1.000
22. No motives and incentives
Yes	38	55.1	31	44.9	1.599	0.777–3.289	0.867	0.309–2.432
No	23	43.4	30	56.6	1.000		1.000
23. Faculty-forced research
Yes	45	55.6	36	44.4	1.953	0.909–4.199	2.314	0.667–8.036
No	16	39.0	25	61.0	1.000		1.000

Abbreviations: n, number; OR, odds ratio;CI, confidence interval.