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Table 2.

Mean (SD) and statistical significant relation among various problem scores with different demographic variables.

Demographic variables	Problem score
Demographic variables	Overall problem score	Personal and administrative problem score	Theoretical problem score	Preclinical problem score	Clinical problem score
Gender
Male	2.15 (0.30)^a	2.07 (0.35)^a	2.19 (0.34)^a	2.26 (0.39)^a	2.38 (0.32)^a
Female	2.30 (0.31)^b	2.13 (0.35)^a	2.19 (0.31)^a	2.30 (0.41)^a	2.56 (0.27)^b

Marital status
Single	2.22 (0.31)^a	2.09(0.36)^a	2.19 (0.38)^a	2.27(0.40)^a	2.46 (0.32)^a
Married	2.28 (0.30)^a	2.15(0.33)^a	2.21 (0.30)^a	2.35(0.40)^a	2.55 (0.31)^b

Dental school
KSU	2.28 (0.28)^a	2.13 (0.34)^a	2.26 (0.31)^a	2.34 (0.37)^a	2.49 (0.29)^a
KAU	2.18 (0.32)^ab	2.08 (0.38)^ab	2.12 (0.33)^b	2.26 (0.43)^a	2.44 (0.33)^a
RDC	2.00 (0.31)^c	1.97 (033)^bc	2.02 (0.35)^b	1.98 (0.39)^b	–
KFU	2.14 (0.30)^b	1.92 (0.31)^c	2.10 (0.26)^b	2.25 (0.46)^a	2.29 (0.39)^a

Academic year
2nd	2.08 (0.35)^a	2.02 (0.37)^a	2.13 (0.37)^a	2.11 (0.47)^a	–
3rd	2.27 (0.31)^b	2.17 (0.35)^b	2.25 (0.34)^b	2.30 (0.41)^b	2.40 (0.35)^a
4th	2.29 (0.25)^b	2.07 (0.33)^ab	2.24 (0.33)^b	2.41 (0.30)^b	2.51 (0.27)^b
5th	2.26 (0.29)^b	2.13 (0.36)^b	2.19 (0.29)^ab	2.31 (0.37)^b	2.47 (0.32)^ab
Intern	2.28 (0.22)^b	2.11 (0.30)^ab	2.18 (0.26)^ab	2.36 (0.35)^b	2.52 (0.26)^b

GPA
<2.5	2.32 (0.17)^a	2.19 (0.26)^a	2.26 (0.21)^a	2.38 (0.28)^a	2.51 (0.24)^a
2.5–<3	2.20 (0.33)^ab	2.12 (0.37)^a	2.23 (0.31)^ab	2.21 (0.43)^a	2.43 (0.34)^a
3–<3.5	2.22 (0.30)^ab	2.09 (0.34)^a	2.20 (0.34)^ab	2.28 (0.40)^a	2.42 (0.32)^a
3.5–<4	2.25 (0.27)^ab	2.11 (0.33)^a	2.21 (0.29)^ab	2.31 (0.38)^a	2.51 (0.30)^a
4–<4.5	2.20 (0.34)^ab	2.09 (0.36)^a	2.16 (0.34)^ab	2.26 (0.44)^a	2.47 (0.33)^a
4.5–5	2.10 (0.35)^b	2.00 (0.41)^a	2.07 (0.35)^b	2.17 (0.41)^a	2.41 (0.28)^a

Place of living
Family	2.25 (0.30)^a	2.21 (0.35)^a	2.21 (0.32)^a	2.30 (0.40)^a	2.50 (0.29)^a
Other	2.17 (0.32)^b	2.02 (0.34)^b	2.18 (0.35)^a	2.23 (0.39)^a	2.39 (0.56)^b

Different alphabetical letters denote statistically significant differences between the means within each cell at (P < 0.05).