Table 2.
SF-36 PCS and MCS normalized scores (mean ± SD) according to participation in a student loan programme support and school year of students from a private medical school in Salvador, Brazil, in 2013
| Component | Loan programme | 1st Year (n = 28) |
2nd Year (n = 31) |
3rd Year (n = 32) |
4th Year (n = 32) |
5th Year (n = 26) |
6th Year (n = 31) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCS | No | 49.9 ± 5.9 | 50.3 ± 6.5 | 53.6 ± 5.0 | 49.2 ± 8.1 | 51.7 ± 5.8 | 55.4 ± 6.0 |
| Yes | 49.8 ± 7.1 | 52.5 ± 7.8 | 45.6 ± 7.8 | 50.1 ± 4.8 | 50.9 ± 4.9 | 47.5 ± 6.7 | |
| MCS | No | 48.4 ± 5.3 | 41.8 ± 12.9 | 41.1 ± 12.0 | 39.3 ± 13.4 | 51.9 ± 6.3 | 44.4 ± 11.2 |
| Yes | 43.2 ± 10.3 | 37.8 ± 9.5 | 40.6 ± 12.5 | 38.0 ± 10.7 | 45.5 ± 12.3 | 35.5 ± 12.0 |
PCS Physical Component Score, MCS Mental Component Score