Table 3 Prevalence of clinical depressive symptoms (CES-D ≥ 20) by classification of participants in terms of the academic characteristics
TOTAL | Students without clinical depressive symptoms | Students with clinically significant depressive symptoms | X2 | DF | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ν | % | Ν | % | Ν | % | ||||
Academic year of study | 1.82 | 3 | 0.610 | ||||||
First | 443 | 29.5 | 326 | 73.6 | 117 | 26.4 | |||
Second | 427 | 28.4 | 297 | 69.7 | 129 | 30.3 | |||
Third | 375 | 25.1 | 275 | 72.9 | 102 | 27.1 | |||
Fourth | 255 | 16.9 | 183 | 72.0 | 71 | 28.0 | |||
Faculty | 18.21 | 4 | 0.001 | ||||||
Geotechnical sciences and Environmental management | 164 | 10.9 | 128 | 78.0 | 36 | 22.0 | |||
Management and Economics | 168 | 11.2 | 116 | 69.0 | 52 | 31.0 | |||
Applied Arts Communication | 219 | 14.6 | 48 | 67.6 | 71 | 32.4 | |||
Engineering and Technology | 291 | 19.4 | 189 | 64.9 | 102 | 35.1 | |||
Health Sciences | 658 | 43.9 | 500 | 76.0 | 158 | 24.0 | |||
First choice of study in present school/faculty | 4.40 | 1 | 0.036 | ||||||
Yes | 749 | 49.9 | 558 | 74.5 | 191 | 25.5 | |||
No | 751 | 51.1 | 523 | 69.6 | 228 | 30.4 | |||
Academic performance (on the basis of marks) | 9.73 | 4 | 0.045 | ||||||
9-10 | 89 | 5.9 | 62 | 69.7 | 27 | 30.3 | |||
7-8 | 931 | 62.1 | 685 | 73.6 | 246 | 26.4 | |||
6-5 | 447 | 29.9 | 317 | 70.9 | 130 | 29.1 | |||
<5 | 33 | 2.1 | 17 | 50.0 | 16 | 50.0 | |||
Failure to pass/complete unit within a course | 8.95 | 1 | 0.003 | ||||||
Yes | 285 | 19.0 | 185 | 64.9 | 100 | 35.1 | |||
No | 121 | 81.0 | 896 | 77.7 | 319 | 26.3 | |||
Learning difficulties | 51.22 | 1 | <0.001 | ||||||
Yes | 319 | 21.3 | 179 | 56.1 | 140 | 43.9 | |||
No | 1181 | 78.7 | 902 | 76.4 | 279 | 23.6 | |||
Level of satisfaction with program/course of study | 92.54 | 1 | <0.001 | ||||||
No/low | 320 | 20.8 | 156 | 50.3 | 164 | 49.7 | |||
High/very high | 1180 | 79.2 | 925 | 77.8 | 155 | 22.2 | |||
Level of satisfaction with quality of the education system | 91.34 | 1 | <0.001 | ||||||
No/low | 497 | 33.1 | 280 | 56.3 | 217 | 43.7 | |||
High/very high | 1003 | 66.9 | 801 | 79.9 | 202 | 21.1 | |||
Level of satisfaction with living arrangement, social life and quality of available university facilities | 243.70 | 1 | <0.001 | ||||||
No/low | 945 | 63.0 | 812 | 49.5 | 133 | 51.5 | |||
High/very high | 555 | 37.0 | 269 | 85.9 | 289 | 14.1 | |||