Table 5.

Differences in preventive score according to study characteristics

		Total students n= 3669			Non-Medical Students n=1122			Medical Students n=2547
Variable	Number of participants	Preventive behavior score (mean ± standard deviation)	t/F	p-value	Preventive behavior score (mean ± standard deviation)	t/F	p-value	Preventive behavior score (mean ± standard deviation)	t/F	p-value
Age range			9.41	0.002*		0.004	0.948		11.21	0.001*
< 23	1795 (48.9)	7.38 ± 0.99			7.40 ± 0.89			7.35 ± 1.06
≥ 23	1874 (51.1)	7.47 ± 0.91			7.41 ± 1.01			7.49 ± 0.88
Gender			59.933	<0.001**		14.172	<0.001**		46.374	<0.001**
Male	746	7.19 ± 1.18			7.18 ± 1.19			7.19 ± 1.18
Female	2923	7.49 ± 0.87			7.45 ± 0.85			7.51 ± 0.88
Current year of study			2.01	0.061		1.354	0.23		2.49	0.021*
Preparatory year	250	7.3 ± 1.11			7.39 ± 0.75			7.13 ± 1.51
Year 1	472	7.37 ± 0.97			7.38 ± 0.95			7.37 ± 0.99
Year 2	491	7.41 ± 0.93			7.35 ± 0.98			7.46 ± 0.89
Year 3	582	7.38 ± 0.97			7.38 ± 0.96			7.39 ± 0.99
Year 4	749	7.47 ± 0.91			7.54 ± 0.82			7.44 ± 0.93
Year 5	828	7.48 ± 0.88			7.25 ± 1.23			7.5 ± 0.85
Internship	297	7.47 ± 1.02			7.55 ± .84			7.46 ± 1.04
Stable financial source			3.73	0.054		11.57	0.001*		0.017	0.898
Yes	1359	7.46 ± 0.85			7.52 ± 0.76			7.44 ± 0.89
No	2310	7.40 ± 1.01			7.33 ± 1.01			7.43 ± 1.00
Friend or/and family member with COVID-19			1.88	0.169		7.41	0.007*		0.082	0.775
Yes	75	7.28 ± 1.14			6.92 ± 1.46			7.43 ± 0.96
No	3594	7.43 ± 0.94			7.41 ± 0.91			7.47 ± 0.87