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Table. 4 Summary of responses to tertiary survey questions by medical student respondents

From: Medical student wellness in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide survey

 

Before COVID

During COVID

Spend majority of time

  At a friend or significant other’s home

10 (0.8 %)

58 (4.4 %)

  At home

194 (15 %)

1221 (92 %)

  At school or work

1083 (82 %)

26 (2.0 %)

  Other

15 (1.1 %)

4 (0.3 %)

  Outdoors

19 (1.4 %)

12 (0.9 %)

  Total

1321 (100 %)

1320 (100 %)

Method of interaction with friends/family

  In persona

1119 (81 %)

544 (40 %)

  Texta

1235 (90 %)

1193 (87 %)

  Facetime applicationa

645 (47 %)

1104 (80 %)

  Phone-calla

1048 (76 %)

1074 (78 %)

  Emaila

248 (18 %)

274 (20 %)

Strengthens sense of purpose

  School/worka

1155 (84 %)

797 (58 %)

  Friends/familya

1133 (82 %)

1097 (80 %)

  Hobbiesa

762 (55 %)

696 (51 %)

  Community servicea

709 (51 %)

443 (32 %)

  Religiona

398 (29 %)

379 (28 %)

  Reflectiona

518 (38 %)

615 (45 %)

  Othera

36 (2.1 %)

56 (4.1 %)

  1. Note: aItem requested a check-all-that-apply response. These items treat missing responses as unchecked. Therefore, the valid N = 1377 for each item