Table 1.
Evaluation of the depression, anxiety and distress score among medical students.
| PHQ-9 |
gad-7 |
ies-r |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | n | % | Median [IQR] | P | Median [IQR] | P | Median [IQR] | P |
| Age | .004a | .011a | .001a | |||||
| >25 years | 129 | 10.42 | 8 [4-11] | .003b | 6 [3-8] | .018b | 15 [5.5-31.5] | .001b |
| 18-25 years | 1018 | 82.23 | 8 [5-12] | .017b | 5 [3-9] | .014b | 15 [6-28] | .001b |
| < 18 years | 91 | 7.35 | 5 [3-9] | Ref. | 4 [2-7] | Ref. | 8 [1-22] | Ref. |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 848 | 68.5 | 8 [5-12] | < .001 | 6 [3-9] | < .001 | 16 [7-31] | < .001 |
| Male | 390 | 31.5 | 7 [3-10] | 4 [1-7] | 11 [3-23] | |||
| Academic period | < .001a | < .001a | < .001a | |||||
| Pre-clinical (1st-3rd year) | 591 | 47.74 | 8 [5-13] | < .001b | 6 [3-9] | < .001b | 18 [8-32] | < .001b |
| Clinical (4th-6th year) | 575 | 46.45 | 7 [3-10] | < .001b | 5 [2-8] | < .001b | 12 [4-26] | < .001b |
| Internship (7th year) | 72 | 5.82 | 5 [2-9] | Ref. | 3 [1-6] | Ref. | 8 [0-20] | Ref. |
| Work | ||||||||
| No | 1098 | 88.69 | 8 [4-12] | >.05 | 6 [3-8] | .031 | 15 [5-28] | >.05 |
| Yes | 140 | 11.31 | 6 [3-10] | 4.5 [2-8] | 11 [3-24] | |||
| Religion | ||||||||
| No | 458 | 37 | 7 [4-12] | >.05 | 5 [3-9] | .008 | 13 [4-27] | >.05 |
| Yes | 780 | 63 | 8 [4-11] | 6 [3 -9] | 15 [6-29] | |||
| Lives with | ||||||||
| Alone | 82 | 6.62 | 8 [5-13] | >.05 | 5.5 [3-10] | >.05 | 19.5 [8-40] | .02 |
| Relative/couple | 1156 | 93.38 | 7.5 [4-11] | 5 [3-8] | 14 [5-27] | |||
| Steady family income | ||||||||
| No | 285 | 23.02 | 9 [5-14] | < .001 | 6 [3-10] | < .001 | 17 [6.5-31] | .021 |
| Yes | 953 | 76.98 | 7 [4-11] | 5 [2-8] | 14 [5-26] | |||
| Lives with a person with COVID-19 | ||||||||
| No | 1082 | 87.4 | 7 [4-11] | >.05 | 5 [3-8] | >.05 | 14 [5-27] | >.05 |
| Yes | 23 | 1.86 | 7 [4-12] | 4 [1-8] | 17 [6-29] | |||
| Unknown | 133 | 10.74 | 9 [5-12] | 6 [3-8] | 17 [6.5-34] | |||
| Lives with a person exposed to COVID-19 | ||||||||
| No | 704 | 56.87 | 7 [4-12] | >.05 | 5 [2-8] | >.05 | 14 [5-27] | >.05 |
| Yes | 534 | 43.13 | 8 [4-11] | 6 [3-8] | 15 [6-30] | |||
| Take online classes | ||||||||
| No | 498 | 40.23 | 8 [5-12] | .018 | 5 [3-9] | >.05 | 16 [6-31] | .006 |
| Yes | 740 | 59.77 | 7 [4-11] | 5 [2-8] | 13 [5-26] | |||
| Fear of being late in finishing their career | < .001a | < .001a | < .001a | |||||
| Nothing-a little | 301 | 24.31 | 7 [3-10] | Ref. | 4 [2-7] | Ref. | 11 [4-24] | Ref. |
| A lot | 330 | 26.66 | 8 [5-11] | .014b | 6 [3-8] | .002b | 16 [6-28] | .001b |
| Quite a lot | 607 | 49.03 | 9 [5-14] | < .001b | 7 [4-10] | < .001b | 20 [7-38] | < .001b |
| Fear of compromising their medical training | < .001a | < .001a | < .001a | |||||
| Nothing-a little | 324 | 26.17 | 6 [3-9] | Ref. | 4 [2-7] | Ref. | 11 [4-23] | Ref. |
| A lot | 435 | 35.14 | 7 [5-11] | < .001b | 6 [3-8] | < .001b | 15 [7-29] | < .001b |
| Quite a lot | 479 | 38.69 | 9 [6-14] | < .001b | 7 [4-11] | < .001b | 20 [6-37] | < .001b |
GAD-7: 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder; IES-R: 22-item Impact of Event Scale-revised; IQR: interquartile range; PHQ-9: 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire; Ref.: reference for post hoc comparisons in Dunn-Bonferroni test.
a
Kruskall-Wallis test.
b
Post hoc Dunn-Bonferroni test.