Table 3.

Academic, psychosocial, and environmental determinants of stress among medical undergraduate students

Stressors	OR (95% CI)	P
Dissatisfied with lecture	0.919 (0.508-1.662)	0.781
Vastness of academic curriculum	0.534 (0.292-0.979)	0.042
Frequency of examination	0.284 (0.141-0.572)	<0.001
Competition with peer	3.310 (1.843-5.948)	<0.001
Fear of failure	0.540 (0.280-1.042)	0.066
Lack of recreation	1.245 (0.717-2.160)	0.437
Worry about future	2.557 (1.432-4.568)	0.002
Performance in theory	2.585 (1.301-5.138)	0.007
Performance in practical	1.939 (1.031-3.645)	0.040
Expectations	1.343 (0.766-2.354)	0.304
Parental expectations	1.223 (0.573-2.612)	0.603
Loneliness	3.108 (1.606-6.013)	0.001
Family problem	1.392 (0.573-3.381)	0.465
Financial problem	0.979 (0.404-2.371)	0.962
Relation with opposite sex	2.942 (1.448-5.977)	0.003
Travelling from college to home	0.594 (0.320-1.106)	0.100
Accommodation away from home	1.064 (0.567-1.995)	0.847
Quality of food	0.428 (0.210-0.870)	0.019
Living conditions	0.693 (0.353-1.358)	0.285
Adjustments with roommates/neighbors	1.879 (0.900-3.921)	0.093

Statistical analysis used-Logistic regression. OR=Odds ratio, CI=Confidence interval