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. 2016 Oct 21;16:279. doi: 10.1186/s12909-016-0794-y

Table 3.

Association between year of study and level of depressive symptoms among students in each of the four HPs Schools

College of study Academic year Minimal
N (%)
Mild
N (%)
Moderate
N (%)
Severe
N (%)
Total morbidity
N (%)
Total
N (%)
p value X 2
(df)
Medicine 1 56 (55.4) 28 (27.7) 11 (10.9) 6 (5.9) 45 (44.5) 101(100.0) 0.605 10.1 (12)
2 46 (56.8) 16 (19.8) 12 (14.8) 7 (8.6) 35 (43.2) 81 (100.0)
3 42 (48.8) 19 (22.1) 12 (14.0) 13 (15.1) 44 (51.1) 86 (100.0)
4 63 (55.8) 20 (17.7) 20 (17.7) 10 (8.8) 50 (44.2) 113 (100.0)
5 26 (49.1) 14 (26.4) 7 (13.2) 6 (11.3) 27 (50.9) 53 (100.0)
All years 234 (53.8) 97 (22.3) 62 (14.3) 42 (9.7) 201 (46.2) 435
Dentistry 1 20 (48.8) 9 (22.0) 9 (22.0) 3 (7.3) 21 (51.2) 41 (100.0) 0.010 26.1 (12)
2 16 (40.0) 8 (20.0) 12 (30.0) 4 (10.0) 24 (60.0) 40 (100.0)
3 10 (34.5) 7 (24.1) 10 (34.5) 2 (6.9) 19 (65.5) 29 (100.0)
4 33 (76.7) 4 (9.3) 1 (2.3) 5 (11.6) 10 (23.2) 43 (100.0)
5 11 (33.3) 9 (27.3) 9 (27.3) 4 (12.1) 22 (66.6) 33 (100.0)
All years 90 (48.4) 37(19.9) 41(22.0) 18 (9.7) 96 (51.6) 186
AMS 1 18 (47.4) 9 (23.7) 11 (28.9) 0 (0.0) 20 (52.6) 38 (100.0) 0.267 11.1 (12)
2 67 (57.8) 21 (18.1) 19 (16.4) 9 (7.8) 49 (42.2) 116 (100.0)
3 61 (51.7) 30 (25.4) 17 (14.4) 10 (8.5) 57 (48.3) 118 (100.0)
4 101(54.9) 47 (25.5) 26 (14.1) 10 (5.4) 83 (45.1) 184 (100.0)
All years 250 (54.2) 109 (23.6) 73 (15.8) 29 (6.3) 211(45.7) 461
Nursing 1 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 1 (100.0) 0.323 10.3 (12)
2 10 (83.3) 1 (8.3) 1 (8.3) 0 (0.0) 2 (16.6) 12 (100.0)
3 16 (55.2) 4 (13.8) 7 (24.1) 2 (6.9) 13 (44.8) 29 (100.0)
4 32 (52.5) 11 (18.0) 11 (18.0) 7 (11.5) 29 (47.5) 57 (100.0)
All years 58 (55.8) 18 (17.3) 19 (18.3) 9 (8.7) 46 (44.2) 104