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Table 1 Cross-section of the group

From: “Medical student syndrome”: a real disease or just a myth?—a cross-sectional study at Menoufia University, Egypt

 

Medical students

Non-medical students

χ2

P value

No.

%

No.

%

  

Gender

7.197

0.007

 Male

84

29.5%

43

44.3%

  

 Female

201

70.5%

54

55.7%

Age (mean ± SD)

20.931 ± 1.668

20.381 ± 1.531

  

Study group

75.995

0

 First

31

10.9%

24

24.7%

  

 Second

67

23.5%

32

32.99%

 Third

64

22.5%

15

15.5%

 Fourth

18

6.3%

26

26.8%

 Fifth

99

34.7%

0

0.0%

 Sixth

6

2.1%

0

0.0%

Financial condition

3.724

0.293

 Bad

3

1.1%

1

1%

  

 Medium

71

24.9%

16

16.5%

 Good

120

42.1%

50

51.5%

 Very good

91

31.9%

30

30.9%

Type of health service used

5.968

0.05

 Government sector and health insurance

43

15.1%

25

25.77%

  

 Private health sector private clinics and hospitals

76

26.7%

20

20.6%

 Both services

166

58.2%

52

53.6%