Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents (N = 1100)
From: The hidden crisis: COVID-19 and impact on mental health of medical students in Pakistan
Characteristics | No. (%) |
|---|---|
Age: Mean (S.D) | 23.14 (6.31) |
Gender | |
Women | 756 (68.7) |
Men | 344 (31.3) |
Marital status | |
Single | 1084 (98.6) |
Married | 12 (1.1) |
Divorced/widowed | 4 (0.4) |
Year in medical college | |
First year | 259 (23.6) |
Second year | 187 (17) |
Third year | 266 (24.2) |
Fourth year | 182 (16.5) |
Final year | 206 (18.8) |
Place of residency during the pandemic | |
City | 948 (86.2) |
Rural/village | 152 (13.9) |
H/O medical illness | |
Yes | 87 (7.9) |
No | 1013 (92.1) |
H/O past psychiatric problem, serious enough to make you seek professional health (more than one response was allowed due to possibility of comorbidity) | |
No | 801 (73) |
Anxiety | 200 (18.2) |
Depression | 174 (15.8) |
Psychosis | 5 (0.5) |
Bipolar disorder | 7 (0.6) |
Others | 25 (2.3) |
Currently taking any treatment for psychiatric issues | |
No | 1033 (94) |
Psychotherapy | 33 (3) |
Antipsychotics | 5 (0.5) |
Antidepressant | 29 (2.7) |
Antiepileptic/mood stabilizers | 12 (1.1) |
Lithium | 3 (0.3) |
Tranquilizers/benzodiazepines | 12 (1.1) |