Table 3 Mean score (SD) for each DES category by year of study
DES category | Year of study | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First year | Second year | Third year | Fourth year | ||
Social stressors | 13.67 (6.01) | 14.54 (6.11) | 12.45 (6.07) | 13.84 (6.16) | 0.149 |
Faculty and administration | 8.30 (4.45) | 9.20 (4.17) | 9.38 (4.01) | 9.89 (3.74) | 0.083 |
Workload | 9.51 (4.63) | 10.60 (5.19) | 10.95 (3.94) | 11.69 (4.01) | 0.015 (4 > 1,2,3) |
Self-efficacy beliefs | 8.63 (4.07) | 9.56 (3.78) | 10.33 (3.95) | 9.04 (3.15) | 0.020 (2,3,4 > 1) |
Performance pressure | 8.51 (4.41) | 9.36 (4.52) | 9.84 (3.51) | 10.11 (3.89) | 0.060 |
Total score | 49.20 (19.47) | 52.55 (19.76) | 52.64 (17.66) | 54.57 (16.96) | 0.306 |