Table 3.

Multivariable linear regression models (Study 1, Research Question 2).

Characteristic	BDI-II Score		PSS-10 Score
	adjB (95% CI)	p-Value	adjB (95% CI)	p-Value
Age	0.6 (−1;2.2)	0.457	1.18 (−0.01;2.37)	0.051
Gender: female	−2.11 (−5.14;0.92)	0.170	−0.34 (−2.61;1.92)	0.764
BDI-II score during the first timepoint	0.55 (0.36;0.75)	<0.001	−	−
PSS-10 BDI-II score during the first timepoint	−	−	0.54 (0.39;0.69)	<0.001
Feeling of loneliness during the pandemic:
No	Ref.		−	−
Yes, more than usual	−1.2 (−4.56;2.16)	0.480	−	−
Yes, as usual	2.58 (−2.48;7.64)	0.314	−	−
Existential reflections related to COVID-19:
No	Ref.		−	−
Yes, positively stimulating	0.27 (−3.52;4.05)	0.890	−	−
Yes, deeply distressing	3.05 (−0.76;6.86)	0.115	−	−
Overall psychological condition changed due to COVID-19:
No	Ref.		Ref.
Yes, improved	−5.44 (−14.45;3.58)	0.234	−1.26 (−8.08;5.56)	0.714
Yes, worsened	5.75 (2.52;8.98)	0.001	2.84 (0.52;5.16)	0.017
Economic repercussions due to COVID-19	−	−	3.32 (0.61;6.02)	0.017
Very poor/poor economic situation	−	−	2.22 (−1.98;6.42)	0.296
Judgment on medical school choice:
Unchanged	Ref.		Ref.
Worsened	9.22 (5.58;12.86)	<0.001	5 (2.36;7.63)	<0.001
Improved	−5.68 (−12.38;1.01)	0.095	−7.11 (−11.74;−2.48)	0.003
Economic situation:
Unchanged	Ref.		−	−
Worsened	5.68 (−0.5;11.85)	0.071	−	−
Improved	1.6 (−14.63;17.83)	0.846	−	−
Family cohesion:
Unchanged	−	−	Ref.
Worsened	−	−	4.78 (−0.35;9.91)	0.067
Improved	−	−	3.47 (−2.27;9.21)	0.233

Significant p-values in bold. Abbreviations: adjB adjusted unstandardized coefficient; BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory II; CI Confidence Interval; LGBA Lesbian Gay Bisexual Asexual; PSS-10 Perceived Stress Scale 10.