Factors associated with work outside Uganda or at an HIV-related NGO among MUST alumni, 2010
| OR and 95% CI of outcome variable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outside Uganda | Work at HIV-related NGO | |||
| Predictor | Crude | Adjusted* | Crude | Adjusted* |
| Year of graduation | ||||
| Graduation in or before 2005 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Graduation after 2005 | 0.46 (0.29 to 0.76) | 0.24 (0.10 to 0.59) | 1.75 (1.24 to 2.48) | 1.53 (1.06 to 2.23) |
| Internship | ||||
| Internship in Uganda | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| No internship in Uganda | 0.68 (0.27 to 1.7) | 0.48 (0.11 to 2.07) | 2.13 (1.17 to 3.88) | 1.99 (1.08 to 3.68) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Female | 1.35 (0.87 to 2.11) | 1.01 (0.62 to 1.65) | 1.4 (0.98 to 1.99) | 1.52 (1.04 to 2.21) |
| Degree at MUST | ||||
| Medicine | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Nursing | 0.58 (0.25 to 1.29) | 0.42 (0.09 to 1.85) | 0.82 (0.46 to 1.42) | 0.62 (0.32 to 1.16) |
| Medical laboratory | 0.19 (0.04 to 0.81) | 0.21 (0.03 to 1.61) | 2.23 (1.22 to 4.06) | 1.96 (1.06 to 3.62) |
| Pharmacy† | – | – | 1.62 (0.38 to 6.87) | 0.85 (0.16 to 4.33) |
| Postgraduate training | ||||
| None | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Master's and/or PhD | 3.7 (2.3 to 5.9) | 3.1 (1.54 to 6.49) | 0.53 (0.38 to 0.75) | 0.58 (0.41 to 0.83) |
*Adjusted for gender and age.
†No pharmacy graduate in the survey was out of the country.
MUST, Mbarara University of Science and Technology; NGO, non-governmental organisation.