A survey on the attitudes of pediatric residents toward rational use of medicines and associated factors in Izmir, Turkey

Table 4 Multiple regression analysis of factors associated with SPARUM* scores

Variable	B	95% CI	p
Prescribing Practices
Adverse Effect Reporting	0.012	[0.002, 0.022]	0.022
Number of Medicines per Prescription	-0.019	[-0.038, -0.001]	0.057
RUM-Related Education and Information Sources
Pharmaceutical Promotional Resources	-0.024	[-0.042, -0.005]	0.013
Peer-Reviewed Literature	0.018	[0.007, 0.029]	0.001
Using Applications	-0.013	[-0.027, 0.001]	0.063
Ministry of Health Studies	0.009	[-0.003, 0.021]	0.152
Self-Assessment of RUM Knowledge	-0.008	[-0.02, 0.004]	0.182

Adjusted R² = 0.173, Model significance = p < 0.001
Independent variables that were significantly associated with physicians' attitudes toward RUM in bivariate analyses and were not strongly correlated with each other were included in a backward stepwise multiple linear regression analysis model. Sociodemographic variables such as age and gender were also incorporated into the model
*SPARUM The Scale for Physicians’ Attitudes Rational Use of Medicine

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