Table 3. Relationship between Negative Affectivities and the Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Academic Performance and Professional Future Outlook, according to the Kruskal-Wallis Test (n=585), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2024.
| Depression | Anxiety | Stress | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD*) | Median (p25-p75†) | p value‡ | Mean (SD*) | Median (p25-p75†) | p value‡ | Mean (SD*) | Median (p25-p75†) | p value‡ | |
| Academic Performance | |||||||||
| Unchanged | 14.51 (11.76) | 12 (4-24) | <0.001 | 11.57 (11.44) | 8 (2-18) | <0.001 | 19.9 (11.91) | 20 (10-28) | <0.001 |
| Improved | 17.04 (11.09) | 16 (8-26) | 16.75 (11.78) | 16 (6-26) | 23.64 (11.59) | 26 (16-34) | |||
| Worsened | 20.74 (11.44) | 20 (12-30) | 18.27 (11.60) | 18 (8-28) | 24.98 (10.36) | 26 (18-34) | |||
| Professional Future Outlook | |||||||||
| Unchanged | 15.58 (11.13) | 14 (6-24) | <0.001 | 14.85 (11.71) | 14 (4-24) | <0.001 | 20.82 (11.06) | 20 (12-30) | <0.001 |
| Improved | 15.37 (11.22) | 14 (6-26) | 13.84 (11.13) | 12 (4-22) | 21.18 (11.37) | 24 (12-30) | |||
| Worsened | 23.14 (10.90) | 24 (16-32) | 19.68 (11.53) | 18 (10-28) | 26.91 (9.81) | 28 (20-34) | |||
*
Standard Deviation;† - Interquartile Range from the 25th to the 75th Percentile;‡ - Kruskal-Wallis Test.