Table 5. Association/Comparison among psychological preparedness, self-efficacy, optimism and resilience with selected demographic variables.

Variables	Categories	Mean± SD/ Median (Q1, Q3)	F-value/ t-value	p-value	Multiple comparisons
PPDTS	Student (I)	69.74± 11.61	F = 25.46	<0.001*#	I Vs. II
					p<0.001
	Teaching Faculty (II)	75.15 ± 9.95
	Nursing officer/Administrator (III)	77.01±8.76			I Vs. III
					p<0.001
	MHN	75.94±9.25	t = 3.95	<0.001*#	-
	Non-MHN	72.56±11.19
	Previously trained	76.43±9.90	t = 3.26	0.001*	-
	Non-trained	72.84±10.90
	Central Govt.	71.76±11.09	F = 4.21	0.006*	I Vs. III
	State Govt.	71.26±11.43			p = 0.038
	Private	74.61±10.45			II Vs. III
					p = 0.034
	NGO	72.50±10.46
GSE	Student (I)	31.73±5.65	F = 15.15	<0.001*#	I Vs. II
	Teaching Faculty (II)	33.937±4.76			p<0.001
	Nursing officer/Administrator (III)	34.36±4.79			I Vs. III
					p<0.001
	MHN 16.25±3.07	33.98±4.45	t = 2.59	0.010*#	-
	Non-MHN	32.91±5.46
	Previously trained	33.88±5.11	t = 1.55	.122	-
	Non-trained	33.05±5.25
	Central Govt.	32.04±5.36	F = 5.10	0.002*	I Vs. III
					p = .003
	State Govt.	32.40±5.62
	Private	33.80±5.02
	NGO	32.79±4.96
Optimism	Student (I)	9.21±2.64	F = 5.32	.005*#	I Vs. II
					p = 0.003
	Teaching Faculty (II)	9.84±1.92
	Nursing officer/Administrator (III)	9.83±2.12
	MHN 16.25±3.07	9.81±2.08	t = 1.46	.144#	-
	Non-MHN	9.53±2.32
	Previously trained	9.75±2.02	t = .73	0.47	-
	Non-trained	9.58±2.31
	Central Govt. (I)	9.04±2.68	F = 3.04	.033*#	I Vs. III
					p = 0.004
	State Govt. (II)	9.72±2.14
	Private (III)	9.78±2.12
	NGO (IV)	9.58±1.84
BRCS	Student (I)	16.25±3.07	F = 9.31	<0.001*#	I Vs. II
					p = 0.005
	Teaching Faculty (II)	16.97±2.50
	Nursing officer/Administrator (III)	17.48±2.30
	MHN	17.11±2.30	t = 2.03	.043*#	-
	Non-MHN	16.67±2.86
	Previously trained	17.12±2.59	t = 1.45	.15	-
	Non-trained	16.71±2.76
	Central Govt.	16.35±2.88	F = 2.19	0.08	-
	State Govt.	16.61±2.85
	Private	16.99±2.62
	NGO	16.54±2.96

*Sig at p<0.01

^#Welch test.