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Table 2 Description of the demographic data of the participants from medical and dental students at preclinical years at UQU

From: The impact of a self-development coaching programme on medical and dental students’ psychological health and academic performance: a randomised controlled trial

 

Interventional group

Control group

Total

No. (%) n = 155

No. (%) n = 162

No. (%) n = 317

Gender

   

 Male

68 (43.9)

76 (46.9)

144 (45.4)

 Female

87 (56.1)

86 (53.1)

173 (54.6)

Marital status

   

 Single

153 (98.7)

157 (96.9)

310 (97.8)

 Married

2 (1.3)

5 (3.1)

7 (2.2)

Family income

   

 Lowa

46 (29.7)

61 (37.7)

107 (33.8)

 Highb

109 (70.3)

101 (62.3)

210 (66.2)

Nationality

   

 Saudi

151 (97.4)

160 (98.8)

311 (98.1)

 Non-Saudi

4 (2.6)

2 (1.2)

6 (1.9)

Academic year

   

 2nd year

75 (48.4)

79 (48.8)

154 (48.6)

 3rd year

80 (51.6)

83 (51.2)

163 (51.4)

Faculty

   

 Medicine

126 (81.3)

133 (82.1)

259 (81.7)

 Dentistry

29 (18.7)

29 (17.9)

58 (18.3)

  1. aLow family income: less than 10,000 Saudi Riyal/ month (2,666.67 U.S dollar)
  2. bHigh family income: more than 10,000 Saudi Riyal/ month (2,666.67 U.S dollar)
  3. Note: Using Chi-square and Fisher’s exact test for cells count less than 5, there was no significant difference in the demographic variables between the two groups