Table 2 Association of demographic profile and the presence of depression or suicidal ideation: univariate analysis (N = 868)
Variables | Presence of depression | Â | P-value | Presence of suicidal ideation | Â | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PHQ < 9 (N = 630) | PHQ ≥ 9 (N = 238) | Chi2(df) | Never (N = 730) | Some day (N = 105) | Often / almost every day (N = 33) | Chi2(df) | |||
Sex | Â | Â | 1.03(1) | 0.310 | Â | Â | Â | 2.58(2) | 0.276 |
 Male | 237 (37.6) | 80 (33.6) |  |  | 273 (37.4) | 31 (29.5) | 13 (39.4) |  |  |
 Female | 393 (62.4) | 158 (66.4) |  |  | 457 (62.6) | 74 (70.5) | 20 (60.6) |  |  |
Religion |  |  | 0.26(2) | 0.879 |  |  |  | Fisher’s exact test | 0.433 |
 Buddhism | 515 (82.1) | 197 (83.1) |  |  | 595 (81.8) | 90 (86.5) | 27 (81.8) |  |  |
 Islam | 71 (11.3) | 24 (10.1) |  |  | 85 (11.7) | 8 (7.7) | 2 (6.1) |  |  |
 Christianity/other | 41 (6.5) | 16 (6.8) |  |  | 47 (6.5) | 6 (5.8) | 4 (12.1) |  |  |
Academic year | Â | Â | 0.94(1) | 0.333 | Â | Â | Â | 6.59(2) | 0.037 |
 Pre-clinical | 361 (57.3) | 127 (53.4) |  |  | 423 (57.9) | 52 (49.5) | 13 (39.4) |  |  |
 Clinical | 269 (42.7) | 111 (46.6) |  |  | 307 (42.1) | 53 (50.5) | 20 (60.6) |  |  |
GPA < 3.00 | 56 (8.9) | 35 (14.7) | 11.41(3) | 0.009 | 64 (8.8) | 20 (19) | 7 (21.2) | 24.77(6) |  < 0.001 |
 3.01–3.49 | 135 (21.4) | 59 (24.8) |  |  | 156 (21.4) | 25 (23.8) | 13 (39.4) |  |  |
  > 3.5 | 342 (54.3) | 102 (42.9) |  |  | 390 (53.4) | 43 (41) | 11 (33.3) |  |  |
 Not specify | 97 (15.4) | 42 (17.6) |  |  | 120 (16.4) | 17 (16.2) | 2 (6.1) |  |  |
Physical illness | Â | Â | 0.63(1) | 0.428 | Â | Â | Â | 9.54(2) | 0.008 |
 No | 532 (84.4) | 195 (81.9) |  |  | 622 (85.2) | 77 (73.3) | 28 (84.8) |  |  |
 Yes | 98 (15.6) | 43 (18.1) |  |  | 108 (14.8) | 28 (26.7) | 5 (15.2) |  |  |
Psychiatric illness |  |  | 30.32(1) | < 0.001 |  |  |  | 50.23(2) | < 0.001 |
 No | 597 (94.8) | 197 (82.8) |  |  | 689 (94.4) | 79 (75.2) | 26 (78.8) |  |  |
 Yes | 33 (5.2) | 41 (17.2) |  |  | 41 (5.6) | 26 (24.8) | 7 (21.2) |  |  |
Alcohol use |  |  | Fisher’s exact test | 0.269 |  |  |  | Fisher’s exact test | 0.176 |
 No | 622 (99.2) | 234 (98.3) |  |  | 721 (99.2) | 102(97.1) | 33 (100) |  |  |
 Yes | 5 (0.8) | 4 (1.7) |  |  | 6 (0.8) | 3 (2.9) | 0 (0) |  |  |
Substance use |  |  | Fisher’s exact test | 0.354 |  |  |  | Fisher’s exact test | 0.344 |
 No | 622 (99.5) | 234 (98.7) |  |  | 720 (99.4) | 103 (98.1) | 33 (100) |  |  |
 Yes | 3 (0.5) | 3 (1.3) |  |  | 4 (0.6) | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0) |  |  |