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. 2022 May 6;22:346. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03422-7

Table 2.

Level of stress, depression and anxiety according to clinical practice experience (n = 171)

Variables range Total score mean ± SD (Item mean ± SD)
Practice experience t z p
No (n = 83) Yes (n = 88)
Stress 0–54 (0–3) 19.93 ± 7.71 (1.11 ± 0.43) 16.88 ± 7.33 (0.94 ± 0.41) 2.65 .009
Depressiona 0–60 (0–3) 13.65 ± 9.72 (0.68 ± 0.49) 10.94 ± 8.16 (0.55 ± 0.41) -2.00 .045
Anxiety 20–80 (1–4) 41.34 ± 9.85 (2.07 ± 0.49) 39.33 ± 8.89 (1.97 ± 0.44) 1.40 .163

aMann-Whitney U test