4.1.1. General characteristics of the study subjects
511 study subjects are the general students of grades from the first year student to last year student, at Hai Phong University Medicine and Pharmacy
by giving the control chart and answering questions. The following are the characteristics of the study subjects obtained:
Gender
The result of study shows that the percentage of men students involved in research is 68,0%, women account for 32,0% (figure 3.1). The result of our research is compatible with the finding by Ms. Tran Quynh Anh on students of the Medicine and Pharmacy University throughout Vietnam [35] and Mr.Do Dinh Quyen on students of the Ho Chi Minh University Medicine and Pharmacy [31]. Our result is higher than the findings of MS Yusoff, Abdul Rahim AF, Baba AA (male: 49%) [25].
Ethnicity
Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy not only accepts candidates in surrounding area, but also the northern mountainous provinces [2], where many ethnic groups live, so the ethnic characteristics of students also need to be concerned. The survey shows that almost students are the Kinh ethnic (89%) (figure 3.2). The different ethnic groups with different lifestyles may have relevance of the psychological and mental factors.
Religion
Due to extend training model to more cities, the religion issue in every city is becoming more varied and plentiful. The study result shows that 93%
of the students are irreligious, and other 7% of students have their religion (table 3.1). The result of our research is suitable for the findings of Ms.
Nguyen Thi Bich Lien on students of Medical students in Hanoi [6] and study of Kwaku Oppong Asante author on the students of university of Ghana [25].
However, the percentage of religious students is lower than the findings of Mr.Do Dinh Quyen (33,6%) [31] and Caleb J. Othieno on students in Kenya (50%) [14].
Current residence
Our students come from many places, so the accommodation demand is indispensable. The research shows that the majority of students live in renting
a room (78,7%), the percentage of students in the dormitory is lower (11,0%), and the rest live with parents or relatives (10,3%). The results of our study, the percentage of students living in hostels is similar to the results of a study by Ms. Tran Quynh Anh [35], higher than the findings of Mr. Do Dinh Quyen (35,0%) [31] and study of Mr. J. Caleb Othieno (24%) [14]. Because the old school dormitory Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy has not been renovated and expanded for many years, the implementation processing new dormitory has not seen doing. While student numbers are selected increasing every year, the number of rooms in the dormitory is not enough, so a large number of students must rent rooms to live. Another reason may be that the hostels in Haiphong are moderate, comfortable and freedom than living in the dormitory or with parents/ relatives. Among students live in the hostels, the number of students1st grade are the highest percentage of 90,1%, followed by the 3rd and the 2nd grade. Moreover, the living rate at the hostel of the 4th, the 5th, the 6th are decreasing, while the proportion living with family and relative’s people is increasing, and the relationship is highly significant difference at p-value < 0,001. It is understandable, that the freshmen want to live independently, be free from their family, while living at the hostel has many problems such as theft, poor security, complicated life, unfocused study and high costs. When living in the dormitory students, they can focus on learning and less expensive expense, that may be a reason why the higher form they are, the more they want to live in dormitory.
4.1.2. Depressive symptom of research subjects
The result from figure 3.4 shows, the percentage of students showing depressive signs accounts for 37,0%. The result of our research is compatible with the findings of the native and international authors, such as the percentage of students showing depressive symptom in the Mr. Do Dinh
Quyen’s study was 39,6% of the freshmen medical at the Ho Chi Minh University of Medicine and Pharmacy [31]. The author Mr. Caleb J. Othieno was 35,7% of students from universities in Kenya [14] while Mr. Kwaku Oppong Asante research was 39,2% on students at the University of Ghana [25]. The percentage of students with depressive sign in our study is lower than the Ms. Tran Quynh Anh’s study (43,2%) on the subject of 8 medical school students throughout Vietnam [35], Mr. Jadoon (43,89%) of the subjects students in Nishtar Medical College, Mr. Multan [23], Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Lien 47,6% of subjects students of the Hanoi Medicine University [6], Iqbal S (51,3%) of medical students in India [22], and the author Mr.
Motaz Ibrahim B, Moataz H. Abdecreheem (57,9%) of the university of Medicine and Pharmacy students Alexandria [29].
4.2. Related factors to depressive symptoms of general medical students