Perceived Clinical Competence among Undergraduate Nursing Students in the University of Gondar and Bahir Dar University, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Institution Based Study

Table 2

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions analysis of factors associated with clinical competence, at The University of Gondar and Bahir Dar University, Amhara regional states, Ethiopia, 2015 ().

Variables	Clinical competence		OR with 95% CI		value
	High	Low	Crude	Adjusted
Religion					<0.001
Orthodox	86 (51.2)	82 (48.8)	1	1
Muslim	24 (54.5)	20 (45.5)	1.14 (0.588, 2.227)	—
Protestant	4 (18.2)	18 (81.8)	0.21 (0.069, 0.653)	—
Do you have a job other than learning?
Yes	12 (66.7)	6 (33.3)	1	1
No	102 (47.2)	114 (52.8)	0.45 (0.809, 6.173)	—
Social support					0.039
Low social support	10 (33.3)	20 (66.7)	1	1
Moderate social support	36 (47.4)	40 (52.6)	1.8 (1.264, 6.682)	5.87 (1.346, 9.586)
High social support	68 (53.1)	60 (46.9)	2.27 (1.714, 4.118)	6.27 (1.741, 7.608)
University					0.009
University of Gondar	56 (40.6)	82 (59.4)	1	1
Bahardar University	58 (60.4)	38 (39.6)	2.23 (0.263, 0.761)	3.20 (1.331, 7.694)
Year of study					<0.001
Third year	28 (28)	72 (72)	1	1
Fourth year	86 (64.2)	48 (35.8)	4.61 (2.628, 8.077)	1.89 (4.760, 18.510)
Attended all theoretical classes					0.002
Yes	110 (50.5)	108 (49.5)	1	1
No	4 (25)	12 (75)	0.33 (0.102, 1.046)	0.83 (0.017, 0.412)
Attended all the skill lab (demonstration) class
Yes	86 (45.7)	102 (54.3)	1	1
No	28 (60.9)	18 (39.1)	1.84 (0.281, 1.047)	—
Attended all clinical (ward) practice					0.002
Yes	104 (48.1)	112 (51.9)	1	1
No	10 (55.6)	8 (44.4)	1.35 (0.282, 1.954)	—
Perceived clinical environment					0.037
Not recommend	2 (9.1)	20 (90.9)	1	1
Poor	38 (39.6)	58 (60.4)	6.55 (1.447, 19.658)	5.65 (1.837, 13.453)
Fair	32 (55.2)	26 (44.8)	12.31 (2.631, 24.578)	7.31 (2.790, 15.356)
Good	42 (72.4)	16 (27.6)	26.25 (4.497, 23.350)	9.31 (3.260, 19.967)

Statistically significant at .