Stress among Portuguese Medical Students: A National Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of medical students.

Characteristics	N (%)
Gender
Male	153 (30.5%)
Female	348 (69.5%)
Mean age in years (SD)	24.0 (±2.5)
Medical school
FMUP	149 (29.7%)
ICBAS	57 (11.4%)
EM	37 (7.3%)
UBI	48 (9.6%)
FMUC	98 (19.6%)
FMUL	66 (13.2%)
NOVA	30 (6.0%)
UAlg	16 (3.2%)
Lives away from home	319 (63.7%)
Visits home frequently (in those living away from home)	248 (78.0%)
Sleeps enough hours	248 (49.5%)
Maintains a balanced diet	370 (73.9%)
Able to manage time	283 (56.5%)
Social life satisfaction	216 (43.1%)
Satisfaction with academic experience	208 (41.5%)
Financial problems	57 (11.4%)
Good family support	481 (96.0%)
Feelings of worry about the future	375 (74.9%)
Spirituality feelings	231 (46.1%)
New exam model perception
Less intimidating	181 (36.1%)
Equally intimidating	121 (24.2%)
More intimidating	199 (39.7%)
Had/has mental illness	17 (23.4%)
Had/has family with mental illness	283 (56.5%)

FMUC, Faculty of Medicine of University of Coimbra; FMUL, Faculty of Medicine of University of Lisbon; FMUP, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto; ICBAS, Institute of Biomedical Sciences “Abel Salazar”; NOVA, NOVA Medical School; UAlg, University of Algarve; UBI, Faculty of Health Sciences of University of Beira Interior; UM, Faculty of Medicine of University of Minho; SD, standard deviation.