Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study sample according to the levels of depressive symptoms
From: Factors associated to depression and anxiety in medical students: a multicenter study
Depression symptoms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | None | Mild | Moderate/Severe | |
Total | 1350 | 793(58.7 %) | 385(28.5 %) | 172(12.8 %) |
Age (years) mean ± SD) | 22.8 (3.0) | 22.8 (3.0) | 22.8 (3.2) | 22.7 (2.9) |
Sex | ||||
Female | 714 | 365(51.1 %) | 242(33.9 %) | 107(15.0 %) |
Male | 636 | 428 (67.3 %) | 143(22.5 %) | 65(10.2 %) |
Year of medical school | ||||
1st/2nd (basic sciences) | 459 | 269(58.6 %) | 129(28.1 %) | 61(13.3 %) |
3rd/4th (clinical sciences) | 491 | 283(57.6 %) | 142(28.9 %) | 66(13.4 %) |
5th/6th (clerkship) | 400 | 241(60.2 %) | 114(28.5 %) | 45(11.2 %) |
School type | ||||
Public School | 882 | 516(58.5 %) | 242(25.4 %) | 124(14.1 %) |
Private School | 468 | 277(59.2 %) | 143(30.6 %) | 48(10.3 %) |
School location | ||||
Capital city | 782 | 428(54.7 %) | 239(30.6 %) | 115(14.7 %) |
Other cities | 568 | 365(64.3 %) | 146(25.7 %) | 57(10.0 %) |
Financial aid program | ||||
None | 1115 | 664(59.6 %) | 312(28.0 %) | 139(12.5 %) |
Scholarship student | 235 | 129(54.9 %) | 73(31.1 %) | 33(14.0 %) |
Housing | ||||
Alone | 258 | 161(62.4 %) | 61(23.6 %) | 36(14.0 %) |
With someone | 1092 | 632(57.9 %) | 324(29.7 %) | 136(12.5 %) |
- with parents | 565 | 324(57.3 %) | 166(29.4 %) | 75(13.3 %) |
- with other family members | 135 | 80(59.3 %) | 42(31.1 %) | 13(9.6 %) |
- with friend(s) | 328 | 196(59.8 %) | 97(29.6 %) | 35(10.7 %) |
- with partner | 27 | 14(51.9 %) | 8(29.6 %) | 5(18.5 %) |
- with spouse and children | 11 | 5(45.5 %) | 2(18.2 %) | 4(36.4 %) |
- others | 26 | 13(50.0 %) | 9(34.6 %) | 4(15.4 %) |