Table 3.
Anxiety score by students' characteristics.
| Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Age | ≤25 years | 9.6 (5.5) | 9.0 (6.0–13.0) | 0.511b |
| >26 years | 9.1 (5.7) | 9.0 (5.0–14.0) | ||
| Gender | Female | 9.7 5.6) | 9.0 (5.25–14.0) | 0.011b |
| Male | 6.5 (5.0) | 7.0 (1.0–11.0) | ||
| Family status | Married or living with apartner | 9.8 (5.3) | 8.0 (5.25–14.0) | 0.507b |
| Other | 9.0 (5.9) | 9.0 (4.0–13.0) | ||
| Parentalstatus | Have children | 9.1 (5.3) | 8.0 (5.0–13.0) | 0.696b |
| Do not have children | 9.3 (5.7) | 9.0 (5.0–13.0) | ||
| Birth Country | Israel | 9.3 (5.7) | 8.0 (5.0–13.0) | 0.965b |
| Other | 9.1 (5.1) | 9.0 (5.5–12.5) | ||
| Population Group | Jewish | 9.3 (5.5) | 8.0 (5.0–13.0) | 0.279c |
| Muslims (Arabs and Bedouins) | 11.1 (6.1) | 11.5 (8.75–14.5) | ||
| Christians | 7.9 (6.6) | 8.0 (1.5–14.0) | ||
| Level of religiosity | Secular | 9.7 (5.4) | 9.0 (6.0–14.0) | 0.113c |
| Traditional | 10.3 (6.3) | 10.0 (6.0–15.0) | ||
| Religious | 8.2 (5.2) | 8.0 (4.0–12.0) | ||
| Occupational characteristics | ||||
| Occupational status | Salaried work as a student in healthcare facilities | 9.2 (5.3) | 9.0 (5.0–13.0) | 0.988c |
| Work unrelated to nursing field | 9.2 (5.9) | 9.0 (5.0–14.0) | ||
| Does not work | 9.4 (5.4) | 8.0 (6.0–12.0) | ||
| PPEa | Supplied at work place | 6.8 (5.0) | 6.0 (2.5–10.0) | 0.019b |
| Lack of equipment | 11.6 (4.5) | 11.0 (8.0–13.5) | ||
a
Only among students working as students with payment in the healthcare facilities.
b
p value of Mann-Whitney non-parametric test.
c
p value of Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric test.