Table 5.

Distribution of Sources of stress in medical and engineering students

	Source of stress	Medical	Total	Engineering	Total	Significance
Academic factors	Frequent examinations	41	69	44	71	Fisher’s exact test P=0.014 (S)
	More assignments	21		27
	Patient care responsibilities	7		NA
Physical factors	Inadequate hostel facilities	2	55	7	74	χ 2=4.03 P=0.133 (NS)
	Environmental factors	32		31
	Insomnia	21		36
Social factors	Interpersonal relation problems	45	68	34	69	χ 2=5.30 P=0.705 (NS)
	Language barrier	16		19
	Financial problems	7		16
Other factors	Career insecurity	3	7	7	10	Fisher’s exact test P=0.715 (NS)
	Professional identity	2		1
	Discrimination	1		1
	Miscellaneous	1		1

S – Significant; NS – Not significant