Table 1.

The SAS score in our participants divided by demographic characteristics (N=1030)

Characteristics	N (%)	SAS score	T/F	P value
Gender
Male	224 (21.75)	47.16±13.45	3.810	<0.001
Female	806 (78.25)	43.52±12.40
Age
<30	465 (45.15)	42.12±11.13	6.557	<0.001
31–40	315 (30.58)	46.16±13.16
41–50	190 (18.45)	46.09±14.39
51–60	57 (5.53)	46.23±13.97
>60	3 (0.29)	40.82±13.93
Education level
<Bachelor	370 (35.92)	43.52±13.10	2.139	0.118
Bachelor	594 (57.67)	44.99±12.56
≥Master	66 (6.41)	42.65±11.76
Marital status
Married	715 (69.42)	44.91±12.88	4.195	0.015
Single	302 (29.32)	42.69±11.96
Other	13 (1.26)	49.13±17.41
Professional title
Senior	236 (22.91)	42.78±11.49	7.314	0.001
Intermediate	332 (32.23)	44.90±12.73
Primary	462 (44.85)	46.50±14.53
Profession
Physician	404 (39.22)	45.08±12.14	6.035	0.014
Nurse	626 (60.78)	43.53±12.41
Department
Emergency	91 (8.83)	46.46±12.79	6.698	0.001
Outpatient	78 (7.57)	48.56±16.84
Ward	861 (83.59)	43.70±12.19
Work experience (years)
<1	85 (8.25)	40.66±12.27	4.753	0.001
1–4	264 (25.63)	42.89±11.19
5–10	282 (27.38)	44.15±11.89
11–20	214 (20.78)	46.30±13.46
>20	185 (17.96)	45.98±14.68
Daily working hours
<2	43 (4.17)	43.52±11.40	1.952	0.100
2–4	48 (4.66)	46.77±15.61
5–6	52 (5.05)	41.49±10.40
7–8	322 (31.26)	43.37±12.89
>8	565 (54.85)	44.96±12.60

SAS, Self-rating Anxiety Scale.