Demographic characteristics
Total response rate was 93.9% (263 of 280 respondents returned the questionnaire).Mean age (SD) of respondents was 21.1 years (1.78). The gender distribution of the respondents was 148 women (56.3%) vs. 115 men (43.7%). Most participants were of Pakistani background (220, 83.7%) and the remaining 43 respondents (16.3%) were of other nationalities. Most of the participants resided off the medical school campus (161, 61.2%) and the remaining 102 (38.2%) resided in student residence facilities. The distribution according to year of study was 1st year 58 (22%), 2nd year 67 (25.5%), 3rd year
48 (18.3%), 4th year 45 (17.1%) and 5th year 45 participants (17.1%).