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Table 5 Univariate analysis for depression, anxiety, and burnout, and selected demographic variables

From: Depression, anxiety, and burnout among medical students and residents of a medical school in Nepal: a cross-sectional study

Participant’s characteristics

Depression

χ2, P-value

n (%)

Anxiety

χ2, P-value

n (%)

Burnout

χ2, P-value

n (%)

Gender

7.28, 0.007

16.93, P < 0.0001

3.93, 0.05

 Male (n = 495)

140 (28.3)

202 (40.8)

231 (46.7)

 Female (n = 156)

62 (39.7)

93 (59.6)

87 (55.8)

Trainee type

1.57, 0.21

0.35, 0.55

45.92, P < 0.0001

 Medical Students (n = 378)

110 (29.1)

175 (46.3)

142 (37.6)

 Residents (n = 273)

92 (33.7)

120 (44)

176 (64.5)

Years in training

10.81, 0.21

21.57, 0.006

77.63, P < 0.0001

 Medical student

  First-year (n = 66)

22 (33.3)

40 (60.6)

28 (42.4)

  Second-year (n = 68)

12 (17.7)

26 (38.2)

12 (17.6)

  Third-year (n = 71)

23 (32.4)

41 (57.8)

25 (35.2)

  Fourth-year (n = 63)

20 (31.8)

23 (36.5)

18 (28.6)

  Fifth-year (n = 63)

21 (33.3)

31 (49.2)

39 (61.9)

  Interns (n = 47)

12 (25.5)

14 (29.8)

20 (42.6)

 Residents

  First-year (n = 97)

37 (38.1)

47 (48.5)

68 (70.1)

  Second-year (n = 93)

25 (26.9)

35 (37.6)

60 (64.5)

  Third-year (n = 83)

30 (36.1)

38 (45.8)

48 (57.8)

 Clinical or non-clinical med student or resident

6.57, 0.09

1.10, 0.78

58.78, P < 0.0001

  Clinical med std (n = 244)

76 (31.2)

109 (44.7)

102 (41.8)

  Non-clinical med std (n = 134)

34 (25.4)

66 (49.3)

40 (29.9)

  Clinical res (n = 245)

87 (35.5)

108 (44.1)

165 (67.3)

  Non-clinical res (n = 28)

5 (17.9)

12 (42.9)

11 (39.3)

 Age category

0.13 a

0.75 a

P < 0.0001 a

  18–24 years (n = 314)

88 (28)

148 (47.1)

109 (34.7)

  25–29 years (n = 211)

65 (30.8)

92 (43.6)

130 (61.6)

  30–34 years (n = 122)

48 (39.3)

54 (44.3)

76 (62.3)

  35–39 years (n = 4)

1 (25)

1 (25)

3 (75)

 Satisfied with academic performance

43.2, P < 0.0001

50.1, P < 0.0001

12, P < 0.001

  Satisfied (n = 344)

68 (19.8)

111 (32.3)

146 (42.4)

  Dissatisfied (n = 307)

134 (43.6)

184 (59.9)

172 (56)

 Satisfied with career choice

28, P < 0.0001

22.9, P < 0.0001

28.2, P < 0.0001

  Satisfied (n = 506)

131 (25.9)

204 (40.3)

219 (43.3)

  Dissatisfied (n = 145)

71 (49)

91 (62.8)

99 (68.3)

 Extracurricular involvement

P < 0.001a

0.12a

36.9, P < 0.0001

  Always (n = 56)

16 (28.6)

31 (55.4)

15 (26.8)

  Often (n = 166)

36 (21.7)

65 (39.2)

70 (42.2)

  Sometimes (n = 240)

70 (29.2)

112 (46.7)

111 (46.3)

  Rarely (n = 177)

75 (42.4)

79 (44.6)

111 (62.7)

  Never (n = 12)

5 (41.7)

8 (66.7)

11 (91.7)

 Adequacy of sleep

2.9, 0.09

1.7, 0.19

22.7, P < 0.0001

  Adequate (n = 441)

127 (28.8)

192 (43.5)

187 (42.4)

  Inadequate (n = 210)

75 (35.7)

103 (49)

131 (62.4)

 Substance use

0.37, 0.54

1.41, 0.23

6.29, 0.01

  Using (n = 398)

127 (31.9)

173 (43.5)

210 (52.8)

  Not using (n = 253)

75 (29.6)

122 (48.2)

108 (42.7)

  1. Note. med std medical student, res resident; a: P-values calculated from Fisher’s exact test; all other P-values were obtained by using the Chi-squared test.