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Table 3 Shows the prevalence of academic-related stressors

From: The prevalence of stress among medical students in Syria and its association with social support: a cross-sectional study

 

ARS

χ2

P

Covariates

Low

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Gender

 Male

27 (4.02%)

230 (34.3%)

338 (50.4%)

76 (11.3%)

18.491

0.0003

 Female

19 (2.4%)

219 (27.3%)

424 (52.9%)

139 (17.4%)

Financial status

 Low

1 (1.2%)

18 (22.2%)

40 (49.4%)

22 (27.2%)

16.313

0.061

 Medium

21 (4.3%)

156 (32%)

244 (50%)

67 (13.7%)

 Good

22 (2.8%)

244 (30.7%)

418 (52.6%)

111 (14%)

 Excellent

2 (1.9%)

31 (28.7%)

60 (55.6%)

15 (13.9%)

Voluntary experience if any

 No

34 (3.4%)

306 (30.8%)

502 (50.6%)

150 (15.1%)

2.354

0.502

 Yes

12 (2.5%)

143 (29.8%)

260 (54.2%)

65 (13.5%)

Study year

 2nd

13 (4.8%)

87 (32.1%)

137 (50.6%)

34 (12.5%)

7.887

0.546

 3rd

6 (1.7%)

102 (29.1%)

185 (52.7%)

58 (16.5%)

 4th

11 (2.8%)

119 (30.5%)

207 (53.1%)

53 (13.6%)

 5th

16 (3.5%)

141 (30.7%)

233 (50.7%)

70 (15.2%)

Last semester grade

  ≤ 70%

5 (2.4%)

42 (20%)

125 (59.5%)

38 (18.1%)

31.106

0.000

 70—79%

16 (2.7%)

178 (30.4%)

293 (50.1%)

98 (16.8%)

 80—89%

18 (3.1%)

197 (33.4%)

309 (52.4%)

66 (11.2%)

  ≥ 90%

7 (8%)

32 (36.8%)

35 (40.2%)

13 (14.9%)

Place of residence

 Outside Damascus

36 (3.7%)

322 (33%)

475 (48.7%)

143 (14.7%)

14.202

0.003

 Damascus

10 (2%)

127 (25.6%)

287 (57.9%)

72 (14.5%)

Living condition

 House

33 (3.2%)

305 (29.9%)

530 (52%)

151 (14.8%)

1.593

0.953

 Flat

8 (3.6%)

68 (30.8%)

113 (51.1%)

32 (14.5%)

 University housing

5 (2.2%)

76 (32.8%)

119 (51.3%)

32 (13.8%)

The university

 Damascus University

8 (1.4%)

155 (27.9%)

314 (56.5%)

79 (14.2%)

35.968

0.000

 University of Aleppo

14 (4.9%)

110 (38.3%)

131 (45.6%)

32 (11.1%)

 Tishreen University

13 (4.4%)

97 (32.9%)

134 (45.4%)

51 (17.3%)

 Al-Baath University

4 (3.3%)

41 (33.3%)

62 (50.4%)

16 (13%)

 Syrian Private University

7 (3.3%)

46 (21.8%)

121 (57.3%)

37 (17.5%)