Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the studied students at the Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University (2022).
| Variable | No. (n = 1696) | % |
|---|---|---|
| Age: (years) | ||
| Range | (17–28) | |
| Mean ± SD | (20.56 ± 1.63) | Mean ± SD |
| Nationality | ||
| Egyptian | 1356 | 80 |
| Sudanese | 278 | 16.4 |
| Other Arabian and African Countries | 62 | 3.6 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 793 | 46.8 |
| Female | 903 | 53.2 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 1689 | 99.6 |
| Married | 7 | 0.4 |
| Academic year | ||
| First | 486 | 28.7 |
| Second | 614 | 36.2 |
| Third | 180 | 10.6 |
| Fourth | 214 | 12.6 |
| Fifth | 101 | 6.0 |
| Six | 101 | 6.0 |
| Academic achievement in the previous year (100%) | ||
| Range | (40–98) | |
| Mean ± SD | (76.11 ± 9.68) | |
| Excellent | 401 | 23.6 |
| Very good | 588 | 34.7 |
| Good | 517 | 30.5 |
| Accepted | 163 | 9.6 |
| Fail | 27 | 1.6 |
| Residence | ||
| Urban | 1305 | 76.9 |
| Rural | 391 | 23.1 |
| Living during studying | ||
| With the family | 926 | 54.6 |
| Sharing home with other students | 393 | 23.2 |
| In the university hostel | 260 | 15.3 |
| Living alone in a separate home | 117 | 6.9 |
| Working beside studying | ||
| No | 1565 | 92.3 |
| Yes | 131 | 7.7 |
| Smoking | ||
| No | 1597 | 94.2 |
| Yes | 71 | 4.2 |
| Ex-smoker | 28 | 1.7 |
| Taking drugs or alcohol | ||
| No | 1690 | 99.6 |
| Yesa | 6 | 0.4 |
| Having diagnosed chronic mental illness | ||
| No | 1650 | 97.3 |
| Yes | 46 | 2.7 |
| Consuming psychiatric drugs currently or within the past 6 months | ||
| No | 1640 | 96.7 |
| Yes | 56 | 3.3 |
| Having a chronic neurological disease | ||
| No | 1681 | 99.1 |
| Yesa | 15 | 0.9 |
| Having chronic medical illness other than mental or neurological illness | ||
| No | 1549 | 91.3 |
| Yes | 146 | 8.7 |
a
Ten students consumed psychiatric drugs without being diagnosed with any mental illness.