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. 2021 Jan 16;16(7):1967–1974. doi: 10.1007/s11739-020-02629-0

Table 3.

Comparison of anxiety between the 2020 cohort and the 2018 cohort

STAI-A Total score 2020 cohort 2018 cohort p Adjusted p
Undergraduate N (%)/95% CI
 All N = 1165 N = 1252
 < 55 901 (77.3) 74.8;79.7 1141 (98.2) 89.4;92.6  < 0.001  < 0.001
 55–65 178 (15.3) 13.3;17.4 85 (0.7) 5.4;8.3
 > 66 86 (7.4) 5.9;9.0 26 (0.2) 1.4;3.0
Preclinical n = 531 n = 467
 < 55 386 (72.7) 68.7;76.4 431 (92.3) 89.5;94.5  < 0.001  < 0.001
 55–65 93 (17.5) 14.4;21.0 27 (5.8) 3.8;8.3
 > 66 52 (9.8) 7.4;12.6 9 (1.9) 0.9;3.6
Clinical n = 471 n = 536
 < 55 412 (87.5) 84.1;90.3 493 (91.9) 89.3;94.1 .134 .246
 55–65 51 (10.8) 8.2;14.0 34 (6.3) 4.4;8.7
 > 66 8 (1.7) 0.7;3.3 9 (1.6) 0.7;3.1
Graduating n = 163 n = 249
 < 55 103 (63.2) 55.3;70.6 217 (87.1) 82.3;91.0  < 0.001  < 0.001
 55–65 34 (20.9) 14.8;27.9 24 (9.7) 13.1;23.0
 > 66 26 (15.9) 10.7;22.5 8 (3.2) 1.4;6.2

CI: confidence interval