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Table 8 Shows the prevalence of Group Activities-related stressors

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

 

GARS

χ2

P

Covariates

Low

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Gender

 Male

223 (33.2%)

261 (38.9%)

146 (21.8%)

41 (6.1%)

12.07

0.007

 Female

208 (25.9%)

321 (40.1%)

201 (25.1%)

71 (8.9%)

Financial status

 Low

16 (19.8%)

28 (34.6%)

24 (29.6%)

13 (16%)

18.113

0.034

 Medium

134 (27.5%)

210 (43%)

108 (22.1%)

36 (7.4%)

 Good

243 (30.6%)

303 (38.1%)

191 (24%)

58 (7.3%)

 Excellent

38 (35.2%)

41 (38%)

24 (22.2%)

5 (4.6%)

Voluntary experience if any

 No

268 (27%)

409 (41.2%)

229 (23.1%)

86 (8.7%)

12.333

0.006

 Yes

163 (34%)

173 (36%)

118 (24.6%)

26 (5.4%)

Study year

 2nd

85 (31.4%)

104 (38.4%)

62 (22.9%)

20 (7.4%)

5.464

0.792

 3rd

91 (25.9%)

155 (44.2%)

79 (22.5%)

26 (7.4%)

 4th

121 (31%)

149 (38.2%)

91 (23.3%)

29 (7.4%)

 5th

134 (29.1%)

174 (37.8%)

115 (25%)

37 (8%)

Last semester grade

  ≤ 70%

50 (23.8%)

88 (41.9%)

54 (25.7%)

18 (8.6%)

13.202

0.154

 70—79%

157 (26.8%)

233 (39.8%)

144 (24.6%)

51 (8.7%)

 80—89%

190 (32.2%)

231 (39.2%)

130 (22%)

39 (6.6%)

  ≥ 90%

34 (39.1%)

30 (34.5%)

19 (21.8%)

4 (4.6%)

Place of residence

 Outside Damascus

297 (30.4%)

377 (38.6%)

226 (23.2%)

76 (7.8%)

2.252

0.522

 Damascus

134 (27%)

205 (41.3%)

121 (24.4%)

36 (7.3%)

Living condition

 House

298 (29.2%)

400 (39.3%)

244 (23.9%)

77 (7.6%)

0.467

0.998

 Flat

65 (29.4%)

87 (39.4%)

51 (23.1%)

18 (8.1%)

 University housing

68 (29.3%)

95 (40.9%)

52 (22.4%)

17 (7.3%)

The university

 Damascus University

153 (27.5%)

224 (40.3%)

142 (25.5%)

37 (6.7%)

10.914

0.536

 University of Aleppo

87 (30.3%)

120 (41.8%)

62 (21.6%)

18 (6.3%)

 Tishreen University

86 (29.2%)

106 (35.9%)

71 (24.1%)

32 (10.8%)

 Al-Baath University

40 (32.5%)

46 (37.4%)

26 (21.1%)

11 (8.9%)

 Syrian Private University

65 (30.8%)

86 (40.8%)

46 (21.8%)

14 (6.6%)