Sociodemographic disadvantage in the burden of stress and academic performance in medical school: implications for diversity in medicine

Table 4 Stress: SED vs. non-SED

Educational Milestone	Student status	N	Mean (SD)	P value	95% CI
Pre-Matriculation	SED	137	4.6 (2.6)	.14	-0.13 to 0.94
Pre-Matriculation	non-SED	221	4.2 (2.4)	.14	-0.13 to 0.94
End of preclinical phase	SED	111	7.0 (2.9)	.24	-0.28 to 1.14
End of preclinical phase	non-SED	183	6.6 (3.0)	.24	-0.28 to 1.14
End of third year clerkships	SED	80	7.4 (3.4)	.25	-0.37 to 1.40
End of third year clerkships	non-SED	151	6.9 (3.1)	.25	-0.37 to 1.40
Pre-Match	SED	52	5.5 (3.1)	.72	-1.19 to 0.83
Pre-Match	non-SED	87	5.6 (2.8)	.72	-1.19 to 0.83

Results of mean PSS-4 score comparison between SED vs. non-SED students
Abbreviations: SED Socioeconomic disadvantage, N Number of study participants, SD Standard deviation, CI Confidence interval

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