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. 2021 Oct 1;296:315–321. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.095

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and differences in anxiety among medical students (N=666).

Variables N(%) AnxietyMean (SD)
Grade
 Freshman 278(41.7) 2.74 (3.68)
 Sophomore and above 388(58.3) 2.22 (3.29)
Gender
 Male 262(39.3) 2.99 (4.02)**
 Female 404(60.7) 2.08 (3.00)
Age
 <20 315(47.3) 2.37 (3.37)
 ≥20 351(52.7) 2.50 (3.55)
Fathers' education
 Secondary and below 369(55.4) 2.46 (3.42)
 Junior college and above 297(44.6) 2.41 (3.52)
Mothers’ Education
 Secondary and below 399(59.9) 2.42 (3.35)
 Junior college and above 267(40.1) 2.47 (3.64)
Monthly income
 ≤5000 338(50.8) 2.25 (2.99)
 >5000 328(49.2) 2.64 (3.89)
Profession
 Clinical medicine 460(69.1) 2.38 (3.39)
 Other 206(30.9) 2.57 (3.64)
Adapting to Online Classes
 Yes 592(88.9) 2.07 (3.02)
 No 74(11.1) 5.41 (5.03)**
Online learning time (hrs)
 <6 411(61.7) 2.60 (3.53)
 ≥6 255(38.3) 2.18 (3.34)

*Significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed)

⁎⁎ Significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed)