J Zhou, X F Chen, Y H Gao, F Yan, H Q Xi
[Prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia after radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer]
Zhonghua wei chang wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of gastrointestinal surgery
success nursing midwifery licensure examination legal prerequisite practice nurse midwife malawi however past decade registered poor performance students nursing midwifery technician nmt licensure examinations candidates failed first attempt study sought unravel whether students sociodemographic academic characteristics could predict nmt licensure examination performance first attempt conducted quantitative ex post facto using stratified random sampling reviewed 280 former nmt licensure exam candidate records 2013 2017 study population 2668 nmts reported descriptive statistics used chisquare fishers exact test logistic regression determine significance associations predictors respectively found nmt licensure examination could predicted students academic characteristics especially entry malawi school certificate education msce point scores p 0001 0830 95 ci 07710892 exit college final scores p 0001 1214 95 ci 11311303 established students sociodemographic characteristics like age 2 2 n 280 13143 p 0001 marital status 2 1 n 280 5645 p 0018 significantly associated nmt licensure examination performance predictors nmt licensure examination outcome furthermore find association nmt licensure examination performance sex students 2 1 n 280 0523 p 0470 nmt licensure examinations performance predictors academic variables like entry msce exit college final scores consequently teaching institutions frame relevant admission criteria timely support students risk failure licensure exams