Table 2 Association between gender and level of depressive symptoms among students by school
School | Gender | Minimal % | Mild % | Moderate % | Severe % | Mean score | Total morbidity % | *P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medicine | Male | 60.8 | 21.2 | 10.4 | 7.7 | 12.6 | 39.3 | 0.001 |
Female | 43.4 | 24.0 | 20.0 | 12.6 | 17.0 | 56.6 | ||
Dentistry | Male | 59.8 | 17.1 | 18.8 | 4.3 | 11.6 | 40.2 | 0.000 |
Female | 29.0 | 24.6 | 27.5 | 18.8 | 19.5 | 70.9 | ||
AMS | Male | 57.0 | 22.1 | 15.3 | 5.5 | 13.4 | 42.9 | 0.618 |
Female | 51.1 | 25.3 | 16.4 | 7.1 | 14.4 | 48.8 | ||
Nursing | Male | 76.4 | 7.3 | 12.7 | 3.6 | 9.1 | 23.6 | 0.000 |
Female | 32.7 | 28.6 | 24.5 | 14.3 | 18.1 | 67.4 | ||
Total | Male | 60.6 | 19.6 | 13.8 | 6.0 | 12.4 | 39.4 | 0.000 |
Female | 43.8 | 25.1 | 19.9 | 11.2 | 16.2 | 56.1 | ||
Total | Both | 53.2 | 22.0 | 16.5 | 8.3 | 14.1 | 46.7 |