Table 2.
Prevalence of anxiety and depression according to the Goldberg scale by sex and age among medical students at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, 2021.
| Variable | Category | Frequency (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety1 | Depression2 | ||||||
| Negative | p-value* | Positive | Negative | p-value* | Positive | ||
| Sex | Male | 119 (39.5) | <0.001 | 182 (60.4) | 81 (26.9) | <0.001 | 220 (73.0) |
| Female | 114 (26.6) | 313 (73.3) | 55 (12.8) | 372 (87.1) | |||
| Age (years) | ≤19 | 33 (23.9) | 0.17 | 105 (76.0) | 16 (11.5) | 0.10 | 122 (88.4) |
| 20 | 39 (34.8) | 73 (65.1) | 21 (18.7) | 91 (81.2) | |||
| 21 | 53 (37.0) | 90 (62.9) | 30 (20.9) | 113 (79.0) | |||
| 22 | 53 (33.3) | 106 (66.6) | 28 (17.6) | 131 (82.3) | |||
| ≥23 | 55 (31.2) | 121 (68.7) | 41 (23.2) | 135 (76.7) | |||
| Total | 728 | 233 (32.0) | 495 (67.9) | 136 (18.6) | 592 (81.3) | ||
1Goldberg scale: ≥4 relevant symptoms (those lasting <2 weeks or of mild intensity did not score). 2Goldberg scale: ≥2 relevant symptoms (those lasting <2 weeks or of mild intensity did not score). *Pearson Chi-square tests were used.