Table 3.
The rate of different severities of anxious symptoms in high school students assessed by GAD-7.
| Variables | Gender | P | Grade | P | All | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Grade one | Grade two | Grade three | (n = 1,018) | |||
| (n = 473) | (n = 545) | (n = 496) | (n = 267) | (n = 255) | ||||
| Mean score | 2.90 ± 3.18 | 3.56 ± 3.28 | 0.001* | 3.48 ± 3.48 | 3.20 ± 2.88 | 2.87 ± 3.12 | 0.048* | 3.25 ± 3.25 |
| Minimal/ | 344 (72.7) | 354 (65.0) | 332 (66.9) | 184 (68.9) | 182 (71.4) | 698 (68.6) | ||
| No depression | ||||||||
| Mild | 112 (23.7) | 161 (29.5) | 134 (27.0) | 75 (28.1) | 64 (25.1) | 273 (26.8) | ||
| Moderate | 11 (2.3) | 25 (4.6) | 24 (4.8) | 5 (1.9) | 7 (2.7) | 36 (3.5) | ||
| Severe | 6 (1.3) | 5 (0.9) | 6 (1.2) | 3 (1.1) | 2 (0.8) | 11 (1.1) | ||
| Mild to severe | 129 (27.3) | 191 (35.0) | 164 (33.1) | 83 (31.1) | 73 (28.6) | 320 (31.4) | ||
GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale.
*
P < 0.05.