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. 2021 May 20;9:603331. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.603331

Table 2.

Average scores of knowledge, mindful coping, sense of control, and mental health among participants.

Items Medical students (mean ± SD) Non-medical students (mean ± SD) t-score p
Knowledge of COVID-19 15.10 ± 3.36 13.29 ± 3.81 32.78 < 0.01**
Total score of sense of control 4.41 ± 0.78 4.28 ± 0.74 3.28 0.51
  Score of personal mastery subscale 5.06 ± 0.90 4.94 ± 0.91 2.13 0.88
  Score of perceived constraints subscale 4.08 ± 0.90 3.95 ± 0.83 2.63 0.27
Total score of mindful coping scale 78.31 ± 11.23 76.52 ± 11.78 3.03 0.08
  Score of awareness subscale 19.88 ± 3.46 19.06 ± 3.24 7.22 0.01*
  Score of distraction subscale 23.30 ± 4.85 23.22 ± 4.79 0.03 0.86
  Score of preventing negative emotions subscale 17.08 ± 3.39 16.55 ± 3.59 2.88 0.09
  Score of constructive self-assertion subscale 18.06 ± 3.36 17.70 ± 3.55 1.39 0.24
Score of depression 2.34 ± 3.13 3.23 ± 3.49 9.20 0.003**
Score of anxiety 2.30 ± 3.03 2.96 ± 3.32 5.44 0.02*
Score of stress 2.78 ± 3.59 4.13 ± 4.27 15.32 < 0.01**
*

p < 0.05;

**

p < 0.01.