Table 3 Factors associated with anxiety among undergraduate medical students at SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016/2017

Sex

 Male

1

1

 Female

1.94 (1.14, 3.29)*

2.56 (1.32, 4.95)**

Age

 18–21

1.39 (0.56, 3.46)

0.26 (0.05, 1.22)

 22–24

0.50 (0.19, 1.31)

0.30 (0.08, 1.10)

 25 and above

1

1

Marital status

 Married

1

1

 Single

4.97 (0.63, 39.17)

3.23 (0.35, 29.63)

Source of income

 Yes

1

1

 No

0.24 (0.05, 1.06)

1.450 (0.28, 7.85)

Educational level

 1st year

4.83 (1.75, 13.39)*

12.06 (2.18, 66.72)**

 2nd year

3.54 (1.26, 9.99)*

8.99 (1.67, 48.45)**

 3rd year

1.34 (0.41, 4.13)

3.42 (0.76, 15.33)

 4th year

1.17 (0.36, 3.78)

2.07 (0.42, 10.15)

 5th year

0.94 (0.27, 3.23)

1.90 (0.41, 8.81)

 6th year

1

1

Interest toward medical education

 Yes

1

1

 No

1.57 (0.81, 3.02)

1.46 (0.76, 3.18)

Vocational period

 Short

1.573 (0.16, 15.42)

4.00 (0.33, 48.11)

 Medium

0.738 (0.07, 7.60)

2.28 (0.17, 29.86)

 Long

1

1

Impact of vocational period

 Yes

1.84 (1.05, 3.21)*

1.47 (0.73, 2.93)

 No

1

1

Diagnosed chronic illness

 Yes

1.59 (0.55, 4.63)

1.02 (0.20, 3.62)

 No

1

1

Family history of mental illness

 Yes

1.81 (0.79, 4.14)

2.55 (0.89, 7.23)

 No

1

Social support

 Low/poor

3.77 (1.71, 8.31)*

5.36 (2.08, 13.76)**

 Medium/intermediate

1.73 (0.81, 3.69)

2.23 (0.98, 5.32)

 High/good

1

1

Stressful life events

 No

1

1

 Yes

1.81 (1.07, 3.07)*

1.26 (0.67. 2.34)

Substance use

 Yes

0.88 (0.47, 1.64)

0.85 (0.41, 1.77)

 No

1

1