Table 3.

Prevalence of clinical depressive symptoms (CES-D ≥ 20) by classification of participants in terms of the academic characteristics

	TOTAL		Students without clinical depressive symptoms		Students with clinically significant depressive symptoms		X 2	DF	P value
	Ν	%	Ν	%	Ν	%
Academic year of study							1.82	3	0.610
First	443	29.5	326	73.6	117	26.4
Second	427	28.4	297	69.7	129	30.3
Third	375	25.1	275	72.9	102	27.1
Fourth	255	16.9	183	72.0	71	28.0
Faculty							18.21	4	0.001
Geotechnical sciences and Environmental management	164	10.9	128	78.0	36	22.0
Management and Economics	168	11.2	116	69.0	52	31.0
Applied Arts Communication	219	14.6	48	67.6	71	32.4
Engineering and Technology	291	19.4	189	64.9	102	35.1
Health Sciences	658	43.9	500	76.0	158	24.0
First choice of study in present school/faculty							4.40	1	0.036
Yes	749	49.9	558	74.5	191	25.5
No	751	51.1	523	69.6	228	30.4
Academic performance (on the basis of marks)							9.73	4	0.045
9-10	89	5.9	62	69.7	27	30.3
7-8	931	62.1	685	73.6	246	26.4
6-5	447	29.9	317	70.9	130	29.1
<5	33	2.1	17	50.0	16	50.0
Failure to pass/complete unit within a course							8.95	1	0.003
Yes	285	19.0	185	64.9	100	35.1
No	121	81.0	896	77.7	319	26.3
Learning difficulties							51.22	1	<0.001
Yes	319	21.3	179	56.1	140	43.9
No	1181	78.7	902	76.4	279	23.6
Level of satisfaction with program/course of study							92.54	1	<0.001
No/low	320	20.8	156	50.3	164	49.7
High/very high	1180	79.2	925	77.8	155	22.2
Level of satisfaction with quality of the education system							91.34	1	<0.001
No/low	497	33.1	280	56.3	217	43.7
High/very high	1003	66.9	801	79.9	202	21.1
Level of satisfaction with living arrangement, social life and quality of available university facilities							243.70	1	<0.001
No/low	945	63.0	812	49.5	133	51.5
High/very high	555	37.0	269	85.9	289	14.1