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Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients for early exam marks and GHQ Likert scores

From: Can the 12-item general health questionnaire be used to identify medical students who might ‘struggle’ on the medical course? A prospective study on two cohorts

  Year 1 average Year 2 average Part I Part II Average Parts I & II
2006 cohort, n = 157
Year 2 average .82***     
Part I .96*** .95***    
Part II .54*** .69*** .64***   
Average Parts I & II .82*** .90*** .90*** .91***  
GHQ Likert score –.29*** –.21** –.27** –.08 –.19*
2007 cohort, n = 152
Year 2 average .80***     
Part I .96*** .94***    
Part II .52*** .59*** .58***   
Parts I & II average .84*** .87*** .90*** .87***  
GHQ Likert score –.02 .05 .01 .09 .05
  1. ***. Correlation is significant at the < 0.001level (2-tailed).
  2. **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
  3. *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
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