From: The hidden crisis: COVID-19 and impact on mental health of medical students in Pakistan
Variable | Gender | Phase of study | Past H/O psychiatric illness | |||||||
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Total (N = 1100) | Males (N = 344) | Females (N = 756) | P value | Preclinical (N = 446) | Clinical (N = 653) | P value | Past H/O psychiatric illness present (N = 299) | Past H/O psychiatric illness absent (N = 801) | P value | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
Depressiona | ||||||||||
Absent | 571 (51.9) | 209 (60.8) | 362 (47.9) | 0.000* | 216 (48.4) | 366 (56) | 0.031* | 99 (33.1) | 472 (58.9) | 0.000** |
Present | 529 (48.1) | 135 (39.2) | 394 (52.1) | 230 (51.6) | 298 (45.6) | 200 (66.9) | 329 (41.1) | |||
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)b | ||||||||||
Absent | 565 (51.4) | 215 (62.5) | 350 (46.3) | 0.000** | 214 (48.0) | 350 (53.6) | 0.039* | 82 (27.4) | 483 (60.3) | 0.000** |
Present | 535 (48.6) | 129 (37.5) | 406 (53.7) | 232 (52.0) | 303 (46.4) | 217 (72.6) | 318 (39.7) |