Mental Well-being of the First and Final-Year Medical and Dental Students of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Table 3: Comparison of frequencies psychiatric disorder based on the demographic and academic characteristics of the first- and final-year dental and medical students of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2016.

–	–	Good Mental Health (i.e., GHQ-28 Total Score < 6)	Psychiatric Disorder (i.e., GHQ-28 Total Score ≥ 6)	P value*
Gender	Male	65 (58%)	47 (42%)	0.428
Gender	Female	71 (53%)	63 (47%)	0.428
Age group	≤ 20	64 (62.1%)	39 (37.9%)	0.155
	21-24	33 (53.2%)	29 (46.8%)
	≥ 25	39 (48.1%)	42 (51.9%)
Educational major and level	Medicine (first-year)	58 (59.8%)	39 (40.2%)	0.017
	Medicine (final-year)	48 (51.6%)	45 (48.4%)
	Dentistry (first-year)	16 (80%)	4 (20%)
	Dentistry (final-year)	14 (38.9%)	22 (61.1%)

*Chi-square test