Research Article
Medical Students’ Experience of and Reaction to Stress: The Role of Depression and Anxiety
Table 2
Relationship between gender, year of study, and stage of training (clinical or nonclinical) with the existence or nonexistence of depression.
| | All participants () | Nondepression | Depression | (df) | value | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| Gender | | | | | | Male | 177 (49.4) | 116 (65.5) | 61 (34.5) | .032 () | .852 | Female | 181 (50.6) | 117 (64.6) | 64 (35.4) | Year of study | | | | | | 1st | 89 (24.9) | 50 (56.2) | 39 (43.8) | 5.54 () | .236 | 2nd | 93 (26.0) | 63 (67.7) | 30 (32.3) | 3rd | 71 (19.8) | 52 (73.2) | 19 (26.8) | 4th | 67 (18.7) | 44 (65.7) | 23 (34.3) | 5th | 38 (10.6) | 24 (63.2) | 14 (36.8) | Stage of training | | | | | | Preclinical | 261 (73.3) | 170 (65.1) | 91 (34.9) | .026 () | .872 | Clinical | 95 (26.7) | 61 (64.2) | 34 (35.8) |
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