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 | |||||
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Me | Me | 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, p—p-value, SD—standard deviation, SHAI—Short Health Anxiety Inventory, STAI—State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and —mean.