Table 2.

Comparison of the anxiety level of rural residents in Hunan during the epidemic and different populations in different periods.

		Total number of sample	Mean (SD)	t	P-value	Number of anxiety detected (%)	χ2	P-value
Anxiety level of residents in different regions during the epidemic				−4.375	<0.001		3.708	0.054
	Rural residents in Hunan Province	179	40.93 ± 9.30			32(17.9)
	Rural residents across China	1,029	43.99 ± 8.55			398(38.7)
Anxiety level of rural residents in different periods				14.820	<0.001		0.730	0.393
	During the epidemic	179	40.93 ± 9.30			32(17.9)
	During non-epidemic period	778	30.56 ± 5.94			119(15.3)
Anxiety level of rural residents in Hunan Province during the epidemic and healthy people during non-epidemic period				55.098	<0.001		6.644	0.010
	Rural residents in Hunan province during the epidemic	179	40.93 ± 9.30			32(17.9)
	Healthy people during non-epidemic period	1,158	29.78 ± 10.07			129(11.1)