Table 4 Knowledge - association between high medication knowledge, totally and for each discipline, and the participants’ background characteristics

Study group (student - > nurse)

8.05 (5.86:10.24)

<0.001

5.32 (2.22:6.41)

0.001

10.87 (7.32:14.42)

<0.001

5.87 (1.58:10.16)

0.007

Age (years)

-0.02 (-0.11:0.07)

0.69

-0.09 (-0.22:0.03)

0.15

0.08 (-0.05:0.22)

0.22

-0.04 (-0.20:0.11)

0.59

Gender (men- > women)

- 2.76 (-5.25:-0.28)

0.03

-0.57 (-4.08:2.95)

0.75

-1.68 (-.39:2.04)

0.38

-5.79 (-10.06:-1.51)

0.008

Childhood outside Norway

-3.53 (-6.64:-0.42)

0.03

-5.39 (9.79:-0.98)

0.02

-1.40 (-6.05:3.24)

0.55

-4.86 (-10.24:0.53)

0.08

Maths beyond 1 year USS¹⁾

0.48 (-1.04:2.01)

0.53

-1.40 (-3.56:0.76)

0.43

0.80 (-0.48:3.08)

0.49

2.00(-0.61:4.62)

0.13

Other education prior to nurse

-0.10 (-1.64:1.43)

0.90

0.88 (-1.30:3.05)

0.20

0.50 (-1.80:2.80)

0.67

-1.88(-4.52:0.77)

0.16

Part time job

*)

*)

*)

*)

Sense of coping²⁾

- 0.16 (-3.18:2.86)

0.92

2.84 (-1.43:7.11)

0.19

0.09 (-4.43:4.60)

0.97

-3.13 (-8.32:2.05)

0.24

Sense of wellbeing/self esteem²⁾

-0.82 (-3.61:1.96)

0.56

-2.24 (-6.18:1.71)

0.27

-1.13 (-5.29:3.04)

0.60

1.11(-3.67:5.89)

0.65

Frequency of medication tasks³⁾

*)

*)

Dispensing

*)

Distribution

-1.30(-2.79:0.18)

0.09

-

-

Drug dose calculations

-

-

2.59 (1.07:4.11)

0.001

R-square change

0.20

0.05

0.18

0.15