TABLE 1.
The basal characteristics of medical and non-medical students in the design questionnaire.
| Variables | Medical students (n = 2,498) | Non-medical students (n = 1,177) | P-value |
| Sex (%) | <0.001 | ||
| Male | 364(14.6) | 350(29.7) | |
| Female | 2,134(85.4) | 827(70.3) | |
| Age [mean (SD)] | 20.78(1.53) | 19.59(1.36) | <0.001 |
| Only one child (%) | 0.311 | ||
| No | 491(19.7) | 249(21.2) | |
| Yes | 2,007(80.3) | 928(78.8) | |
| Race (%) | 0.031 | ||
| Han | 2,347(94.0) | 1,127(95.8) | |
| Others | 151(6.0) | 50(4.2) | |
| Students source (%) | <0.001 | ||
| City | 281(11.2) | 194(16.5) | |
| Town | 596(23.9) | 268(22.8) | |
| Rural | 1,621(64.9) | 715(60.7) | |
| Income of family (per months) | <0.001 | ||
| –2,000 | 648(25.9) | 209(17.8) | |
| 2,000–3,000 | 809(32.4) | 313(26.6) | |
| 3,001–4,000 | 429(17.2) | 253(21.5) | |
| 4,001–5,000 | 258(10.3) | 193(16.4) | |
| 5,000– | 354(14.2) | 209(17.8) | |
| Level of familiar for coronavirus (%) | 0.230 | ||
| Very understanding, | 297(11.9) | 143(12.1) | |
| Relatively understanding | 1,335(53.4) | 588(50.0) | |
| General understanding | 828(33.1) | 420(35.7) | |
| Little understanding | 34(1.4) | 23(2.0) | |
| Not at all | 4(0.2) | 3(0.3) | |
| Live with family during the period of coronavirus (%) | 0.025 | ||
| Yes | 2,428(97.2) | 1,159(98.5) | |
| No | 70(2.8) | 18(1.5) | |
| Infection cases (%) | 0.191 | ||
| No | 2,497(100.0) | 1,174(99.7) | |
| Yes | 1(0.0) | 3(0.3) | |
| Number of positive. emotions | 3.75(1.34) | 3.79(1.29) | 0.335 |
| Number of negative emotions | 1.98(1.49) | 1.86(1.40) | 0.024 |
| Attitude of learning (%) | <0.001 | ||
| Never | 57(2.3) | 17(1.4) | |
| Hardly | 131(5.2) | 51(4.3) | |
| Sometimes | 1,220(48.8) | 508(43.2) | |
| Often | 799(32.0) | 423(35.9) | |
| Always | 291(11.6) | 178(15.1) | |
| #Intern student (%) | NA | ||
| Yes | 994(39.8) | NA | |
| No | 1,504(60.2) | NA | |
| #Attitude of medical work (%) | NA | ||
| Very willing | 1,222(48.9) | NA | |
| Relatively willing | 888(35.5) | NA | |
| General willing | 330(13.2) | NA | |
| Little willing | 44(1.8) | NA | |
| Unwilling | 14(0.6) | NA |
Note: #Only for medical students; Chi-square test for categorical variables; T-test for continuous variables. Bold font means there is a significant difference between the two groups.