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. 2010 Feb 6;22(2):83–88. doi: 10.1016/j.sdentj.2010.02.007

Table 2.

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

Demographic variables Problem score
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).