Table 2.
Mental health status in medical college students vs. nonmedical college students.
| Characteristics | Total | Medical college students | Nonmedical college students | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 954) | (n = 468) | (n = 486) | ||
| PHQ-9 (Depression), n (%) | 0.020 | |||
| 0–4 (asymptomatic) | 475 (49.8%) | 251 (53.6%) | 224 (46.1%) | |
| 5–27 (symptomatic) | 479 (50.2%) | 217 (46.4%) | 262 (53.9%) | |
| Stage | 0.586 | |||
| 5–9 (mild) | 267 (28.0%) | 120 (25.7%) | 147 (30.2%) | |
| 10–14 (moderate) | 123 (12.9%) | 53 (11.3%) | 70 (14.4%) | |
| 15–19 (moderate to severe) | 66 (6.9%) | 29 (6.2%) | 37 (7.6%) | |
| 20–27 (severe) | 23 (2.4%) | 15 (3.2%) | 8 (1.7%) | |
| GAD-7 (Anxiety), n (%) | 0.226 | |||
| 0–4 (asymptomatic) | 624 (65.4%) | 315 (67.3%) | 309 (63.6%) | |
| 5–21 (symptomatic) | 330 (34.6%) | 153 (32.7%) | 177 (36.4%) | |
| Stage | 0.238 | |||
| 5–9 (mild) | 229 (24.0%) | 100 (21.4%) | 129 (26.5%) | |
| 10–13 (moderate) | 49 (5.1%) | 29 (6.2%) | 20 (4.1%) | |
| 14–18 (moderate to severe) | 37 (3.9%) | 18 (3.8%) | 19 (3.9%) | |
| 19–21 (severe) | 15 (1.6%) | 6 (1.3%) | 9 (1.9%) | |
| ISI (Insomnia), n (%) | 0.049 | |||
| 0–7 (asymptomatic) | 713 (74.7%) | 363 (77.6%) | 350 (72.0%) | |
| 8–28 (symptomatic) | 241 (25.3%) | 105 (22.4%) | 136 (28.0%) | |
| Stage | 0.062 | |||
| 8–14 (mild) | 196 (20.6%) | 91 (19.4%) | 105 (21.6%) | |
| 15–21 (moderate) | 40 (4.2%) | 12 (2.6%) | 28 (5.8%) | |
| 22–28 (severe) | 5 (0.5%) | 2 (0.4%) | 3 (0.6%) |
PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7; ISI, Insomnia Severity Index. χ2 tests for group differences of categorical variables; Mann–Whitney tests for independent groups on continuous variables.