Table 2.

Factors of stress among nursing students.

Factor	Category	Overall Stress (SINS Score)			Relation with Patients			Intellectual Challenge			Personal and Social Concerns			Clinical Challenge			Relationship with Superiors
		M.	SD	p-Value	M.	SD	p-Value	M.	SD	p-Value	M.	SD	p-Value	M.	SD	p-Value	M.	SD	p-Value
Age	≤25	119.55	22.06	0.118	2.90	0.73	0.486	3.16	0.62	0.028 *	3.05	0.69	0.115	3.08	0.69	0.060	2.68	0.73	0.661
	26–30	114.61	28.31		2.83	0.88		2.99	0.74		2.82	0.76		2.93	0.83		2.72	0.87
	31–35	109.00	29.45		2.68	0.85		2.78	0.85		2.90	0.86		2.68	0.79		2.51	0.94
Marital status	Married	117.00	28.01	0.153	2.90	0.89	0.642	2.98	0.70	0.018 *	2.95	0.78	0.290	3.03	0.90	0.450	2.75	0.81	0.410
	Not married	118.96	22.78		2.88	0.74		3.15	0.64		3.03	0.71		3.05	0.70		2.68	0.75
	Divorced	96.75	13.28		2.53	0.48		2.32	0.37		2.50	0.47		2.60	0.63		2.21	0.79
Year	1st bridging	109.51	30.95	0.089	2.70	0.93	0.267	2.84	0.83	0.064	2.72	0.81	0.233	2.79	0.82	0.005 *	2.61	0.90	0.421
	2nd bridging	121.07	18.31		2.99	0.67		3.13	0.54		3.12	0.64		3.03	0.82		2.79	0.86
	2nd year	119.07	21.64		2.99	0.75		3.10	0.60		3.00	0.64		3.08	0.72		2.67	0.67
	3rd year	123.43	25.22		3.03	0.83		3.23	0.68		2.96	0.71		3.37	0.72		2.89	0.80
	4th year	117.78	22.40		2.89	0.68		3.05	0.54		3.00	0.78		3.06	0.60		2.69	0.78
Clinical experience	<1 year	119.69	22.19	0.222	2.91	0.73	0.337	3.16	0.62	0.103	3.05	0.70	0.119	3.09	0.70	0.083	2.69	0.73	0.966
	1–4 years	115.13	29.21		2.72	0.88		3.06	0.73		2.92	0.80		2.96	0.96		2.66	0.93
	5–9 years	112.57	27.51		2.83	0.86		2.93	0.76		2.78	0.71		2.84	0.69		2.63	0.86
	10–14 years	107.00	11.79		2.29	0.62		2.61	0.69		3.33	0.78		2.40	0.80		2.57	1.08

* Statistically significant result (p < 0.05).