Objective To understand the status of the sense of security of medical college students, and to explore the factors affecting the sense of security.
Methods By adopting a scale on sense of security, 219 medical students in Zunyi Medical College were evaluated.
Results ① The general sense of security in college students were in the mid to upper level, those scored more than 45 accounted for 89.04%. ② On the sense of security, there were significant differences between both gender and among birthplaces (P<0.05)in college students.
Conclusion The general sense of security in college students was in the mid to upper level, however, gender and birthplace were the major impacts on the sense of security in college students.