Table 3.

Ranking of the top five perceived problems per category in relation to demographic variables.

Perceived problem	N	% of replies “huge problem”	Gender	Marital status	Place of residence	GPA	Dental school	Academic year
Personal and administrative problems
1. Lack of time for relaxation	533	69.4	∗F	∗Sing			∗KSU	∗4th
2. Neglect of personal life	525	53.3	∗F	∗Marr			∗KSU	∗5th
3. Being treated as immature and irresponsible by faculty	511	51.5					∗KAU	∗Intern
4. Responsibility of having children	419	47.3	∗F				∗KAU	∗3rd
5. Inadequate break times	515	45.2						∗3rd
Theoretical problems
1. Amount of study load	526	69.6	∗F				∗KAU	∗5th
2. Having a lecture, clinical or laboratory session immediately before an exam on its scheduled day	525	66.9					∗KSU	∗Intern
3. Overloaded feeling due to vast (huge) syllabus	506	65.2	∗F				∗KAU
4. Having exams in break times	520	61.7					∗KSU
5. Conflict between different subjects when scheduling exams	522	54.4	∗F		∗Family		∗KSU	∗4th
Preclinical problems
1. Fear of being unable to complete required projects	514	56					∗KSU	∗4th
2. Amount of required projects (requirements)	518	53.5					∗KFU	∗4th
3. Inconsistency of feedback on your work between different instructors	514	53.3					∗KSU	∗Interns
4. Inadequate instructor:student ratio	519	52					∗KSU	∗5th
5. Lack of time for more practice on assigned projects	518	48.3
Clinical training
1. Patient being late or not showing	393	82.7				4–<4.5∗	∗KSU
2. Responsibility of getting suitable patients	392	79.3	∗F		∗Family		∗KFU	∗Interns
3. Inadequate instructor:student ratio	390	74.6					∗KAU	∗5th
4. Being criticized by faculty in-front of patients	388	71.6	∗F	∗Marr			∗KSU
5. Inadequate number of dental assistants	392	70.2	∗F	∗Marr				∗Interns

N, Number of responses; F, female; Marr, married; Sing, single.