Table 4.
Comparison of anxiety levels among the family income and parental education levels
|
MDAS Mean ± SD (median; min-max) |
p |
STAI-1 Mean ± SD (median; min-max) |
p |
STAI-2 Mean ± SD (median; min-max) |
p |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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*Statistically significant at p<0.05. A statistically significant difference was observed between groups with the same lowercase superscript letters (Dunn’s Test with Bonferroni correction); a: low vs high, p=0.004; b: low vs high, p=0.003. | |||||||
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Parents |
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|
Family income |
Low |
11.2±4.449 (10; 5–25)a |
0.005* |
40.59±6.550 (40; 23–80)b |
0.005* |
47.18±6.868 (46; 32–80) |
0.504 |
|
Medium |
10.85±4.559 (10; 5–25) |
40.99±5.957 (40; 28–64) |
46.66±6.316 (46; 28–68) |
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High |
9.62±3.547 (9; 5–19)a |
42.98±6.924 (41.50; 31–63)b |
47.77±7.791 (47; 34–80) |
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|
Education |
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Illiterate |
10.23±4.137 (10; 5–20) |
0.105 |
41.74±7.620 (40; 31–64) |
0.923 |
46.45±6.627 (46; 38–72) |
0.620 |
|
|
Literate |
11.49±4.328 (11; 5–24) |
41.55±7.060 (41; 28–80) |
47.49±7.138 (32–80) |
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|
8–year education |
10.62±4.197 (10; 5–25) |
40.98±6.158 (41; 25–62) |
46.81±6.369 (46; 32–78) |
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Highschool |
10.95±4.541 (10; 5–25) |
41.13±6.656 (40; 23–63) |
46.94±7.057 (46; 32–80) |
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University |
10.45±4.529 (9.50; 5–25) |
40.53±5.569 (41; 28–54) |
47.47±6.858 (47; 28–67) |
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