Table 3 Descriptive statistics for sociodemographic variables of ATP scores
From: Attitudes towards psychiatry amongst medical and nursing students in Singapore
| Â | Â | Mean | SD | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Â | 64.32 | 5.85 | Â |
Gender | Male | 63.64 | 6.65 | 0.019 |
Female | 64.60 | 5.48 | Â | |
Ethnicity | Chinese | 64.48 | 5.87 | 0.210 |
Malay | 63.55 | 5.17 | Â | |
Indian | 64.61 | 6.85 | Â | |
Others | 63.00 | 5.06 | Â | |
Average monthly household income per capita over the past 1 year | Below SGD2000 | 64.20 | 5.65 | 0.007 |
SGD2000 to 5999 | 63.79 | 5.75 | Â | |
SGD 6000 and above | 65.12 | 6.07 | Â | |
Type of student | Medical | 64.68 | 6.02 | 0.051 |
Nursing | 63.96 | 5.67 | Â | |
Academic year in course | Year 1 | 64.73 | 5.86 | 0.365 |
Year 2 | 64.00 | 5.64 | Â | |
Year 3 | 64.52 | 5.80 | Â | |
Year 4 and 5 | 64.01 | 6.20 | Â | |
Likelihood of specializing in psychiatry | Likely | 65.65 | 6.23 | < 0.001 |
Unlikely | 63.95 | 5.69 | Â | |
Psychiatric lecture course evaluation | Have not attended | 65.42 | 5.56 | < 0.001 |
Below average | 62.10 | 8.05 | Â | |
Average | 62.65 | 5.90 | Â | |
Above average | 64.25 | 5.77 | Â | |
Psychiatric placement course evaluation | Have not attended | 64.82 | 5.76 | < 0.001 |
Below average | 61.22 | 7.00 | Â | |
Average | 61.83 | 4.82 | Â | |
Above average | 64.19 | 5.99 | Â |