Medical school studentsÓ? resilience and its relationship with demographic and non-demographic variables

Background: Highly resilient people tend to be more successful in coping with and overcoming stressful situations.The medical degree curricula are full of obstacles that the students must overcome.We aim to find the relationship between student resilience and aggregate variables.Methods: A modified Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC) validated and translated in Spanish was used with the aggregate variables of gender, birthplace, failing a previous academic semester or course, having a full-or part-time job, living status, and transportation time.Results: The mean CD RISC score in men was 71.4 ± 16.9 and 71.5 ± 16.3 in women.There was no significant difference between genders.A total of 329 students had failed a previous course with a mean score of 69.2 ± 17.5, while the remaining 222 students who had not previously failed a course in medical school had a mean score of 74.8 ± 14.4.The transportation time was divided into four categories.Those who spent < 15 min (n 107), 15-30 min (n = 92), 30-60 min (n = 176), and > 60 min (n = 176) with mean scores of 75.5 ± 14.3, 70.2 ± 16.4, 72.2 ± 17.0, and 69.0 ± 16.3, respectively, with a statistically significant difference (p = 0.014).Conclusions: Aggregated variables can be related to resilience, although each specific variable must be further studied to determine how it influences the development of resilience.