Table 1.
Participants' anxiety status
| City | Total (n = 1947) | t/χ2 | P‐value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wuhan (n = 932) | Chongqing (n = 1015) | ||||
| Standard score * | 43.97 ± 8.71 | 40.37 ± 7.15 | 42.09 ± 8.13** | 9.9150 | <0.0001 |
| 42.50 (11.25) | 40.00 (10.00) | 41.25 (10.00) | |||
| Degree of anxiety *** | |||||
| No | 704 (75.54) | 909 (89.56) | 1613 (82.85) | 69.9681 | <0.0001 |
| Mild | 175 (18.78) | 95 (9.36) | 270 (13.87) | ||
| Moderate or severe | 53 (5.69) | 11 (1.08) | 64 (3.29) | ||
Comparations were conducted across the two cities.
a
Data are mean ± SD or median (IQR). Student's t‐test was used.
b
The Cohen's d for the SAS standard score was indicative of small‐to‐medium effect: 0.44.
c
Data are n (%). Kruskal–Wallis test was used.