Sources of Stress and Coping Strategies among Undergraduate Medical Students Enrolled in a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum

Table 5

Specific coping strategies likely (or unlikely) to be applied by students for stressors.

No.	Stressors	No	Coping strategies used	Chi square	value	Odds ratio	95% CI
1	Study in general	1	Concentrating efforts	8.6	0.003	0.4	0.2–0.7
2	Financial difficulty	5	Making jokes	9.9	0.002	2.1	1.4–3.3
3	Family problems	9	Distracting by work	8.6	0.003	1.9	1.2–3.0
4	Sleeping disorders	10	Calling it unreal	4.7	0.029	2.9	1.1–7.7
5	Future worrying	13	Giving up	3.9	0.048	2.2	1.0–4.8
6	Away from family	9	Distracting by work	3.6	0.056	1.5	1.0–2.4
7	Trouble with parents	17	Thinking hard	4.3	0.038	0.6	0.4–0.9
8	Trouble with teachers	6	Comfort in religion	8.4	0.004	2.0	1.2–3.3
9	Trouble with friends	6	Comfort in religion	6.9	0.009	1.8	1.2–2.9
10	Interpersonal conflict	3	See things differently	7.3	0.007	1.8	1.2–2.9
11	No parental support	1	Concentrating efforts	4.2	0.041	1.6	1.1–2.5
12	Hearing bad news	7	Support from others	6.8	0.009	1.9	1.2–3.1
13	Appetite change	11	Saying things	6.4	0.011	1.9	1.1–3.0
14	Low self-esteem	8	Advice from others	6.2	0.012	1.7	1.1–2.7
15	Roommate conflict	1	Concentrating efforts	7.2	0.007	2.1	1.2–3.6
16	Transport trouble	8	Advice from others	5.0	0.025	0.6	0.4–0.9
17	Searching life partner	13	Giving up	3.9	0.049	1.8	1.0–3.1