Table 4.

Summary of Spearman’s rho coefficient correlation between the study year and the severity of nosophobia and hypochondria symptoms across the whole group and by field of study.

Students	Variable under test	Year of study
		Rs	p
Non-medical	Nosophobia	− 0.05	0.312
	Hypochondria	− 0.23	0.082
Medical	Nosophobia	0. 47	0.031*
	Hypochondria	0.031	0.606
Total	Nosophobia	0.044	0.462
	Hypochondria	− 0.028	0.641

*p < 0.05