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. 2016 Oct 26;16:282. doi: 10.1186/s12909-016-0791-1

Table 2.

Characteristics of study sample according to the levels of state and trait anxiety symptoms

Anxiety-state Anxiety-trait
None to low Medium High None to low Medium High
Total 247 (18.3 %) 693(51.3 %) 410(30.4 %) 195(14.4 %) 675(50 %) 410(30.4 %)
Age (mean ± SD) 22.7 (3.3) 22.8 (2.8) 22.8 (3.2) 23.2 (3.5) 22.8 (2.8) 22.6 (3.1)
Sex
 Female 103 (14.4 %) 353 (49.4 %) 258 (36.1 %) 78(10.9 %) 330(46.2 %) 306(42.9 %)
 Male 144 (22.6 %) 340 (53.5 %) 152 (23.9 %) 117(18.4 %) 345(54.2 %) 174(27.4 %)
Year of medical school
 1st/2nd 90(19.6 %) 223(48.6 %) 146(31.8 %) 64(13.9 %) 218(47.5 %) 177(38.6 %)
 3rd/4th 88(17.9 %) 254(51.7 %) 149(30.3 %) 67(13.6 %) 257(52.3 %) 167(34.0 %)
 5th/6th 69(17.2 %) 216(54.0 %) 115(28.7 %) 64(16.0 %) 200(50.0 %) 136(34.0 %)
School type
 Public School 162(18.4 %) 449(50.9 %) 271(30.7 %) 132(15.0 %) 421(47.7 %) 329(37.3 %)
 Private School 85(18.2 %) 244(52.1 %) 139(29.7 %) 63(13.5 %) 254(54.3 %) 151(32.3 %)
School location
 Capital city 130(16.6 %) 398(50.9 %) 254(32.5 %) 96(12.3 %) 397(50.8 %) 289(37.0 %)
 Other cities 117(20.6 %) 295(51.9 %) 156(27.5 %) 99(17.4 %) 278(48.9 %) 191(33.6 %)
Financial aid program
 None 217(19.5 %) 564(50.6 %) 334(30.0 %) 167(15.0 %) 553(49.6 %) 395(35.4 %)
 Scholarship student 30(12.8 %) 129(54.9 %) 76(32.3 %) 28(11.9 %) 122(51.9 %) 85(36.2 %)
Housing
 Alone 43(16.7 %) 138(53.5 %) 77(29.8 %) 42(16.3 %) 128(49.6 %) 88(34.1 %)
 with someone 204(18.7 %) 555(50.8 %) 333(30.5 %) 153(14.0 %) 547(50.1 %) 392(35.9 %)
 with parents 100(17.7 %) 290(51.3 %) 175(31.0 %) 75(13.3 %) 289(51.2 %) 201(35.6 %)
  with other family members 21(15.6 %) 77(57.0 %) 37(27.4 %) 13(9.6 %) 68(50.4 %) 54(40.0 %)
  - with friend(s) 67(20.4 %) 162(49.4 %) 99(30.2 %) 54(16.5 %) 163(49.7 %) 111(33.8 %)
  - with partner 8(29.6 %) 9(48.1 %) 6(22.2 %) 5(18.5 %) 14(51.9 %) 8(29.6 %)
  - with spouse and children 2(18.2 %) 13(36.4 %) 5(45.5 %) 3(27.3 %) 2(18.2 %) 6(54.5 %)
  - others 6(23.1 %) 9(35.6 %) 11(42.3 %) 3(11.5 %) 11(42.3 %) 12(46.2 %)