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 | |||
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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.