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June 2012
KUWAIT MEDICAL JOURNAL 108
Table 5: The mean anxiety and depression of students in A3 related to education-related questions and recent life events
Quiestions
Any important problem in the past 6 months?
Yes
No
If yes; what was the problem?
Don’t want to say
Personal problems
Problems about intimates
Problems about school
Any suicide idea?
Yes
No
Sometimes
If yes; The time of the suicidal idea
Don’t want to say
Last one year
More than one year before
If yes; The reason of suicidal idea
Don’t want to say
Own problems
School problems
Pleased with the career selection?
Always
Generally
Sometimes
Never
Any idea of abandon?
Yes
No
Sometimes
If yes or sometimes; Reason for abandon
Don’t want to say
Individual factors
External factors
Institutional factors
Predilection
Again medical career
Never medical career
Double minded
2009-2010 (A3)
N % Mean Scores Anxiety p Mean Scores Depression
0.00
0.02
44 43.6 8.77 ± 4.04
6.52 ± 3.13
57 56.4 6.28 ± 3.92
4.92 ± 3.83
23
9
3
9
9
81
11
5
13
2
5
7
8
23
51
20
7
26
46
29
14
28
6
7
76
9
16
52.3
20.5
6.8
20.5
8.9
80.2
10.9
25.0
65.0
10.0
25.0
35.0
40.0
22.8
50.5
19.8
6.9
25.7
45.5
28.7
25.5
50.9
10.9
12.7
75.2
8.9
15.8
8.60 ± 3.98
10.11 ± 3.25
10.33 ± 5.50
7.33 ± 4.55
11.77 ± 3.83
6.30 ± 3.49
11.54 ± 4.10
10.80 ± 2.77
11.92 ± 4.40
12.00 ± 4.24
12.00 ± 3.08
12.14 ± 4.63
11.00 ± 4.03
4.91 ± 3.27
7.52 ± 3.71
7.80 ± 4.06
13.00 ± 4.35
9.38 ± 4.57
5.76 ± 3.39
8.10 ± 3.94
7.62 ± 3.54
9.50 ± 4.59
8.83 ± 4.70
7.57 ± 4.03
6.89 ± 3.92
10.55 ± 6.16
7.81 ± 3.14
0.46
0.00
0.86
0.84
0.00
0.00
0.51
0.03
6.69 ± 3.36
6.22 ± 2.72
6.33 ± 2.30
6.44 ± 3.57
10.00±3.24
4.86±3.31
7.63±2.94
7.00 ± 1.22
9.07 ± 3.70
10.50 ± 2.12
9.00 ± 3.39
9.42 ± 3.15
7.87 ± 3.44
3.52 ± 2.96
5.56 ± 3.36
6.50 ± 3.57
10.42 ± 2.25
6.69 ± 3.50
4.76 ± 3.87
6.03 ± 3.05
6.78 ± 2.80
6.75 ± 3.50
6.00 ± 3.89
4.14 ± 1.95
4.97 ± 3.42
8.77 ± 3.59
6.93 ± 3.45
0.98
0.00
0.35
0.65
0.00
0.00
0.27
0.00
Aproximately fifty percent of the participants were
female in A1 (49.6%, n = 69). The female ratio was
54.1% and 55.4% in the prospective years. There
were no significant differences between the students
participating at the three assesments (A1 – A3) in terms
of socio-demographic variables except family income.
In all three assessments “occupation guarantee” was
the main reason of a medical career decision. Table
1 summarizes the socio-demographic variables and
education related characteristics of the students.
The mean anxiety score of the students’ of A1
was 7.35 ± 3.17. Students whose family incomes were
above 1000 Turkish Lira (TL) had higher anxiety scores
(p < 0.05). In A2, students from rural parts of Turkey
and those who had no information about working
conditions before decision making were more anxious
(p = 0.00). In A3 students who did not make informed
decisions were feeling more anxiety (p = 0.00). The
mean anxiety and depression scores of students’ in
three years are shown in Table 2.
As regards depression the mean depression score
was the highest in A2 and was found to be 6.66 ± 4.11
(p = 0.00). Male students had significantly higher
scores in depression scale in all three assessments (p
< 0.05). In A1 and A2 “coming from rural areas” and
“lower family incomes” were the main factors which
were making students more depressed (p < 0.05).
The depression scores of students’ for three years are
represented in Table 3.
The mean anxiety and depression scores were
8.47± 4.26 and 6.66 ± 4.11 in the A2, respectively. The
questions concerning education-related details, recent
life events and predilection showed that students who
faced an important problem in the past six months
were significantly more anxious and more depressed
compared to others in A2. Students who had suicidal
idea had significantly higher scores in HADS (p <
0.05). The mean anxiety and depression scores of
students in A2 and their comparisons are shown in
Table 4.