Table 3.
Association between stress and study variables (univariate analysis)
| Study variable | Stress | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Absent | χ2 value | p value | OR (95% CI) | |||
| No. | % | No. | % | ||||
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 282 | 56.9 | 213 | 43.1 | 27.2 | <0.0001* | 1.0 |
| Female | 212 | 75.7 | 68 | 24.3 | 2.3 (1.7-3.3) | ||
| Year of study | |||||||
| 1st | 148 | 78.7 | 40 | 21.3 | 47.9 | <0.0001* | 3.96 (2.1-7.4) |
| 2nd | 102 | 70.8 | 42 | 29.2 | 2.60 (1.4-4.9) | ||
| 3rd | 151 | 64 | 85 | 36 | 1.90 (1.0-3.4) | ||
| 4th | 64 | 43.2 | 84 | 56.8 | 0.82 (0.44-1.5) | ||
| 5th | 28 | 48.3 | 30 | 51.7 | 1.0 | ||
| Grade | |||||||
| Excellent | 236 | 66.1 | 121 | 33.9 | 1.2 (0.8-1.9) | ||
| Very good | 120 | 62.8 | 71 | 37.2 | 1.05 (0.6-1.7) | ||
| Good | 72 | 61.5 | 45 | 38.5 | 1.01 | 0.31 | 1.0 |
| Poor | 21 | 61.8 | 13 | 38.2 | 1.01 (0.4-2.2) | ||
| Regular in attendance | |||||||
| Yes | 442 | 64 | 249 | 36 | 1.0 | ||
| No | 43 | 65.2 | 23 | 34.8 | 0.037 | 0.85 | 1.05 (0.6-1.8) |
| Physical problems | |||||||
| Yes | 260 | 74.5 | 89 | 25.5 | 20.3 | <0.0001* | 2.1 (1.5-2.9) |
| No | 217 | 58.3 | 155 | 41.7 | 1.0 | ||
*Significant;
CI=Confidence interval;
OR=Odds ratio