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. 2021 Aug 27;10(17):3862. doi: 10.3390/jcm10173862

Table 6.

Impact of financial status on the scores obtained in the psychometric scales applied in the study *.

Very Good (I)
(n = 26)
Good (II)
(n = 153)
Average (III)
(n = 114)
p
x¯±SD Me x¯±SD Me x¯±SD Me K-W Post hoc
STAI X-1 43 ± 11.85 41 42.84 ± 10.65 41 46.72 ± 11.83 47 0.010 II–III: 0.011
STAI X-2 39.5 ± 9.58 39 40.56 ± 7.68 40 43.82 ± 8.93 45 0.002 II–III: 0.005
SHAI 12.92 ± 7.21 11.5 13.71 ± 6.66 13 16.03 ± 7.49 15 0.017 II–III: 0.035
GAD-7 3.96 ± 4.46 3 3.85 ± 4.25 3 5.39 ± 5.01 4 0.023 II–III: 0.027

* The table also includes statistically significant results of the post hoc tests; for the remaining comparisons p > 0.05. Abbreviations: GAD-7—General Anxiety Disorder-7, K-W—Kruskal–Wallis test, Me—median, pp-value, SD—standard deviation, SHAI—Short Health Anxiety Inventory, STAI—State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and x¯—mean.