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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of medical students

From: The characteristics of depressive symptoms in medical students during medical education and training: a cross-sectional study

Periods

Basic

Intermediate

Internship

Total

p

Sample n (% of regular matriculated)

163 (79.1%)

164 (83.7%)

154 (76.7%)

481 (79.8%)

 

Age – m (sd)

20.0 (2.0)

21.9 (1.5)

24.0 (1.9)

21.9 (2.4)

<.001a

Male n (%)

56 (34.8%)

72 (44.3%)

62 (41.1%)

190 (40.5%)

.242b

Female n (%)

102 (30.2%)

92 (55.7%)

85 (58.9%)

279 (59.5%)

 

Living with the family n (%)

155 (97.1%)

140 (86.0%)

131 (88.8%)

426 (90.6%)

.011b

Having a parent as MD n (%)

44 (28.2%)

56 (33.8%)

33 (22.9%)

133 (28.2%)

.113b

> 2 years to enter medical school n (%)

31 (20.3%)

28 (16.9%)

21 (14.7%)

80 (17.1%)

.516b

Mean years of studying to enter medical school – m (sd)

1.7 (1.0)

1.7 (0.8)

1.6 (0.9)

1.7 (0.9)

.337a

  1. Statistical analyses performed: a ANOVA; b Chi-square