Table 5.

Comparison of Anxiety levels among university students based on GAD-7 scores, during COVID-19.

Study		GAD-7 Scores
		Minimal/No anxiety	Mild	Moderate	Severe
1	Sartorao et al.20 (in Medical student)			46.17%
2	Savitsky et al21 (in nursing students)			42.8%	13.1%
4	Liu et al.19				45.4%
5	Cao et al.9	75.1%	21.3%	2.7%	0.9%
6	Islam et al.22		87.7%
7	Essadek et al.18				20.7% of 39.19% who had anxiety
8	Elmer et al.23	Significantly higher levels of anxiety
2	The present study	43.3%	31.96%	10.31%	14.43%