Psychological morbidity, sources of stress and coping strategies among undergraduate medical students of Nepal

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Predictors of GHQ-caseness by logistic regression analysis

Gender
Variable	Number	Number of GHQ Cases (%)	Adjusted OR	(95% CI)
Male	225	43 (19.1)	1
Female	173	41 (23.7)	1.31	0.75–2.22
Phase of study
Basic science	239	53 (22.2)	1
Clinical science	163	31 (19.0)	0.66	0.38–1.14
Nationality
Indian	196	56 (28.6)	1
Nepali	161	22 (13.7)	0.58	0.31–1.09
Srilankan & others	40	6 (15.0)	0.44	0.17–1.14
Parents occupation
Other professions	285	49 (16.9)	1
Medical professional	112	35 (31.3)	1.68	0.94–3.01
Occurrence of academic stressors
Less than often	191	27 (14.3)	1
Often/always	206	57 (27.7)	2.12	1.21–3.7
Occurrence of psychosocial stressors
Less than often	259	42 (16.2)	1
Often/always	138	30 (21.7)	1.5	0.89–2.65
Occurrence of health-related stressors
Less than often	317	55 (17.4)	1
Often/always	80	29 (36.3)	2.08	1.14–3.78

* information on gender, parents occupation, nationality etc was missing in 6 questionnaires therefore logistic regression analysis was limited to only 397 cases

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