Table 8.
Socio-demographic data and self-assessment of mental stress and physical activity according to the study program.
| Variable | Undergraduate 453 (55%) |
Graduate 370 (45%) |
Test Statistics | df | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, Years | 25 ± 8 | 32 ± 9 | −13.29 | 816 | <0.001 * |
| Study | |||||
| Nursing | 357 (78.8%) | 293 (79.5%) | 0.35 | 2 | 0.84 † |
| Dental medicine | 47 (9.9%) | 32 (8.8%) | |||
| Physical therapy | 51 (11.3%) | 43 (11.8%) | |||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 95 (21%) | 58 (15.3%) | 4.26 | 1 | 0.04 † |
| Female | 358 (79%) | 312 (84.7%) | |||
| GPA | 3.88 ± 0.62 | 4.06 ± 0.52 | −4.55 | 816 | <0.001 * |
| BMI | 23.95 ± 6.18 | 24.47 ± 4.24 | −1.37 | 816 | 0.17 * |
| Mental stress | |||||
| Reduced | 23 (5.1%) | 10 (2.5%) | 14.27 | 2 | 0.01 † |
| Constant | 219 (48.3%) | 142 (38.4%) | |||
| Increased | 211 (46.6%) | 218 (59.2%) | |||
| Physical activity | |||||
| Reduced | 242 (53.4%) | 224 (60.8%) | 4.55 | 2 | 0.10 † |
| Constant | 138 (30.5%) | 95 (25.2%) | |||
| Increased | 73 (16.1%) | 51 (14%) | |||
* t-test; † Chi-square test; df—degrees of freedom; GPA—grade point average; BMI—body mass index. The bold are statistically significant values.