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. 2021 Dec 16;12:804967. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.804967

Table 3.

Comparisons (Mann-Whitney Test) between the first and second halves of the courses (1st to 4th and 5th to 8th in PE; 1st to 6th and 7th to 12th in MED) regarding anxiety symptoms (Beck Anxiety Inventory - BAI), depression symptoms (Beck Depressive Inventory - BDI), level of physical activity and sedentary behavior (IPAQ).

Medicine students (N = 272) Median – Q1-Q3 p-value Physical Education students (N = 95) Median – Q1-Q3 p-value
The first half of the course (N = 221) The second half of the course (N = 51) The first half of the course (N = 53) The second half of the course (N = 42)
Anxiety Symptoms 13 (6–24) 11 (4–21) 0.079 10 (2–19) 5(2–12) 0.074
Depression symptoms 11 (5–18) 12 (6–16) 0.746 11 (4–18) 9 (4–13) 0.329
LPA 90 (50–240) 60 (40–150) 0.451 150 (80–410) 180 (82–420) 0.735
MVPA 160 (80–360) 180 (450) 0.652 420 (180–725) 470 (202–660) 0.831
SB week 10 (8–13) 10 (8–12) 0.723 6 (4–10) 7 (5–10) 0.299
SB weekend 8 (5–11) 10 (7–12) 0.057 6 (4–10) 8 (4–13) 0.442
SB Total 9 (7–12) 10 (8–13) 0.653 6 (4–9) 7 (5–10) 0.221
Subjective sleep quality 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 0.363 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 0.063
Sleep latency 2 (1–2) 1 (1–3) 0.846 2 (1–2) 1 (0–2) 0.033
Sleep duration 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 0.152 2 (1–2) 2 (1–2) 0.633
Habitual sleep efficiency 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 0.488 1 (0–1) 1 (0–1) 0.658
Sleep disturbances 1 (1–1) 1 (1–1) 0.389 1 (1–2) 1 (1–1) 0.003
Use of sleeping medication 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 0.703 1 (0–2) 1(0–2) 0.927
Daytime dysfunction 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 0.746 1 (0–2) 1(0–1) 0.314
Global PSQI score 7 (4–10) 7 (4–11) 0.079 7 (5–10) 6 (3–9) 0.069

Anxiety Symptoms and Depression symptoms presented in total points (0–63). LPA and MVPA presented in minutes per week. SB week, SB weekend, and SB Total, presented in an hours per day. All PSQI components are presented in total points (0–3). Global PSQI score presented in total points (0–21). LPA, light physical activity; MVPA, moderate and vigorous physical activity; SB, sedentary behavior; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.