Mental distress, alcohol use and help-seeking among medical and business students: a cross-sectional comparative study

Table 2 Descriptive data on study stress and burnout, stratified by sex.

	KI, Medical students				SSE, Business students
	Females		Males		Females		Males		U-tests
	Med	IQR	Med	IQR	Med	IQR	Med	IQR	z_fem	p_fem	z_male	p_male
Negative psychosocial climate	1.80	(1.40-2.20)	1.60	(1.40-2.00)	2.00	(1.60-2.40)	2.00	(1.60-2.40)	-5.05	<.001	-5.74	<.001
Worries about future endurance/capacity	2.50	(2.00-3.00)	2.00	(1.50-3.00)	3.00	(2.00-3.00)	2.50	(1.50-3.00)	-0.21	.837	-0.28	.778
Insufficient feedback	2.67	(2.00-3.00)	2.67	(2.00-3.00)	3.00	(2.33-3.33)	2.67	(2.33-3.33)	-3.23	.001	-3.64	<.001
Low commitment	1.33	(1.00-1.67)	1.33	(1.00-1.67)	1.67	(1.33-2.00)	1.67	(1.33-2.00)	-4.95	<.001	-5.17	<.001
Academic workload	2.33	(2.00-2.67)	2.33	(1.67-2.67)	2.67	(2.00-3.00)	2.33	(1.67-2.67)	-4.30	<.001	-0.01	.998
Role conflict	1.33	(1.00-2.00)	1.33	(1.00-1.67)	1.33	(1.08-1.67)	1.33	(1.00-1.67)	-0.83	.409	-0.56	.573
Financial concerns	2.00	(1.50-2.50)	2.00	(1.50-2. 50)	2.00	(1.50-2.87)	1.75	(1.00-2.50)	-0.53	.596	-2.89	.004
Disengagement	1.87	(1.50-2.25)	2.00	(1.75-2.38)	2.19	(1.74-2.63)	2.25	(2.00-2.62)	-5.51	<.001	-4.35	<.001
Exhaustion	2.37	(2.00-2.87)	2.25	(2.00-2.50)	2.63	(2.13-2.87)	2.25	(1.87-2.75)	-1.98	.048	-0.71	.476

Mann-Whitney U-test. U-tests were performed stratified by sex.
KI = Karolinska Institutet; SSE = Stockholm School of Economics; Med = Median; IQR = Interquartile range
Medians are derived from factor means of Likert type response scales, range 1-4.

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