The Correlation between Stress Levels among Undergraduate Medical Students and Their Motivation for Studying Medicine

Table 4

Distribution of medical students’ stress levels in terms of motivation to study medicine.

What is your motivation to study medicine?	Stress level						value
	Normal		Mild to moderate stress		Severe stress
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Interested	80	18.1	160	36.3	201	45.6	0.049
Influenced by family	20	11.4	70	40.0	85	48.6
No other plans or choices	25	13.8	67	37.0	89	49.2
Show up	3	9.1	11	33.3	19	57.6
Earning money	24	13.0	69	37.3	92	49.7
Other reasons	3	23.1	4	30.8	6	46.2

P: Pearson X² test; (significant).