Prevalence of mental distress and associated factors among medical students of University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Distribution of psychosocial, clinical and substance related behaviors of medical students' of the University of Gondar, 2021 (n = 420)

Variables	Categories	Frequency(420)	Percentage
Social support	Poor	97	23.1
	Moderate	216	51.4
	Strong	107	25.5
Test anxiety	No test anxiety	298	70.9
	Moderate high test anxiety	66	15.7
	High test anxiety	22	5.2
	Extremely high test anxiety	34	8.1
Religious practice	Always	142	33.8
	Sometimes	247	58.8
	Not at all	31	7.4
Having close friends	Yes	382	90.9
Having close friends	No	38	9.1
Frequent conflict with friends	Yes	30	7.1
Frequent conflict with friends	No	390	92.9
Reason to join medical school	Personal preferences	299	71.2
	Family influence	90	21.4
	Others^a	31	7.4
Interest toward field of study	Yes	324	77.1
Interest toward field of study	No	96	22.9
Ever had failed an exam	Yes	116	27.6
Ever had failed an exam	No	304	72.4
Family history of mental illness	Yes	57	13.6
Family history of mental illness	No	363	86.4
Past history of mental illness	Yes	17	4.1
Past history of mental illness	No	403	95.9
Known chronic medical illness	Yes	25	5.9
Known chronic medical illness	No	395	94.1
Current alcohol use	Yes	102	24.3
Current alcohol use	No	318	75.7
Current smoking	Yes	16	3.8
Current smoking	No	404	96.2
Current khat use	Yes	12	2.9
Current khat use	No	408	97.1
Others^b	Yes	17	4.2
Others^b	No	403	95.9

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