Minmin Lu, Jianying Ma, Ying Lin, Xian Zhang, Yunzhi Shen, Haiou Xia
Relationship between patient's health literacy and adherence to coronary heart disease secondary prevention measures
Journal of clinical nursing
study examined association dental admission test dat scores comprehensive exams conducted harvard school dental medicine authors hypothesized students scored high dat would also perform well comprehensive examinations sixtysix students graduating classes 2005 2006 included outcome variable interest final composite grade obtained students three comprehensive examinations main independent variable interest individual component scores dat multivariable logistic regression analysis using maximum likelihood methods used examine association comprehensive exam grades dat scores effects age gender raceethnicity adjusted regression models first comprehensive examination seventeen students obtained honors grade thirteen second comprehensive examination fifteen third comprehensive examination none dat component scores significantly associated honors grades first comprehensive examination second comprehensive examination quantitative reasoning scores or248 95 percent ci109568 p003 total science scores or1417 95 percent ci18910680 p001 significantly associated honors grades reading comprehension score associated increased odds obtaining honors grade third comprehensive examination or181 95 percent ci113292 p001 students scored well quantitative reasoning total science reading comprehension sections dat higher odds receiving honors grade second third comprehensive examinations factors may associated problemsolvingcritical thinking components schools pbl curriculum