Table 5.
Socio-demographic data and self-assessment of mental stress and physical activity according to gender.
| Variable | Male 153 (18.6%) |
Female 670 (81.4%) |
All Students 823 (100%) |
Test Statistics | df | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 28 ± 9 | 28 ± 9 | 28 ± 9 | 0.14 | 821 | 0.89 * |
| Study | ||||||
| Nursing | 102 (66.7%) | 548 (81.8%) | 650 (79%) | 24.09 | 2 | <0.001 † |
| Dental medicine | 30 (19.6%) | 49 (7.3%) | 79 (9.6%) | |||
| Physical therapy | 21 (13.7%) | 73 (10.9%) | 94 (11.4%) | |||
| Study program | ||||||
| Undergraduate | 95 (62.2%) | 358 (57.4%) | 453 (55%) | 4.26 | 1 | 0.04 † |
| Graduate | 58 (37.9%) | 312 (46.6%) | 370 (45%) | |||
| GPA | 3.92 ± 0.75 | 3.97 ± 0.54 | 3.96 ± 0.58 | −0.96 | 821 | 0.33 * |
| BMI | 26.52 ± 3.58 | 23.65 ± 5.59 | 24.19 ± 5.39 | 6,07 | 821 | <0.001 * |
| Mental stress | ||||||
| Reduced | 8 (5.2%) | 25 (3.7%) | 33 (4%) | 18.16 | 2 | <0.001 † |
| Constant | 89 (58.2%) | 272 (40.6%) | 361 (43.9%) | |||
| Increased | 56 (36.6%) | 373 (55.7%) | 429 (52.1%) | |||
| Physical activity | ||||||
| Reduced | 84 (54.9%) | 382 (57%) | 466 (56.6%) | 6.79 | 2 | 0.03 † |
| Constant | 54 (35.3%) | 179 (26.7%) | 233 (28.3%) | |||
| Increased | 15 (9.8%) | 109 (16.3%) | 124 (15.1%) | |||
* t-test; † Chi-square test; df—degrees of freedom; GPA—grade point average; BMI—body mass index. The bold are statistically significant values.