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Table 3 Association between total SSI score and socio-demographic characteristics

From: The relationship between study skills and depressive symptoms among medical residents

Socio-demographic characteristics

N

Total SSI scores mean (±SD)

F ratio / t statistic*

p-value*

Sex

Male

87

42.25 (±7.86)

0.164

0.686

Female

99

42.84 (±8.27)

Age

23–26

77

43.66 (±7.86)

1.222

0.297

27–30

101

41.80 (±8.32)

>  30

8

41.63 (±5.98)

Total

186

42.56 (±8.06)

Marital status

Single

111

43.14 (±8.4)

0.721

0.378

Married

73

42.08 (±7.25)

Smoking status

Never smoker

142

42.82 (±8.06)

0.672

0.512

Current smoker

36

41.25 (±8.61)

Ex-smoker

8

44 (±5.1)

Total

186

42.56 (±8.1)

Training year

1st year

48

42.96 (±7.1)

1.45

0.209

2nd year

35

45.37 (±8.92)

3rd year

66

40.95 (±7.99)

4th year

29

42.28 (±8.04)

5th year

6

41.67 (±10.23)

additional year

2

44 (±2.83)

Total

186

42.56 (±8.06)

Specialty

Family Medicine

59

43.58 (±8.43)

1.017

0.409

Internal Medicine

52

40.85 (±7.54)

General Surgery

17

42.88 (±8.33)

Pediatrics

34

44.09 (±7.47)

OB-Gyne

12

41 (±10.05)

Psychiatry

12

41.83 (±7.51)

Total

186

42.56 (±8.06)

  1. *ANOVA was used for all the associations, except for the sex and marital status, the T test was used