The European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences
Online ISSN: 2301-2218
European Publisher
Prevalence of Hypochondriasis Among Medical Students at King Saud University
Table 3: Shows the frequency of students who felt symptoms and thought it may indicate a serious disease, and compare the results based on gender and academic level
| Everyday | 5-6 times a week | 3-4 times a week | 1-2 times a week | Nosymptoms | Once monthly | Total | P-value | |
| Males | 1 (0.6%) | 4 (2.5%) | 7 (4.3%) | 30 (18.6%) | 117(72.7%) | 2 (1.2%) | 161 | |
| Females | 4 (2.2%) | 4(2.2%) | 9 (4.7%) | 53 (29%) | 113 (61.7%) | 0 | 183 | 0.104 |
| Basic-year students | 2 (1.6%) | 1 (3.8%) | 7 (4.9%) | 45 (30%) | 94 (62.7%) | 1 (.7%) | 150 | |
| Clinical-year students | 3 (1.6%) | 7 (3.8%) | 9 (4.9%) | 35 (19.2%) | 127 (69.8) | 1 (0.5%) | 182 | 0.150 |