Table 1.
Demographics and assessments.
| Variables | Group with PSSS≥10 |
Group with PSSS<10 |
Z/X2 value |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=101) | (n=187) | |||
| Gender (n, %) | 1.603b | 0.205 | ||
| Male | 8 (2.78) | 24 (8.33) | ||
| Female | 93 (32.29) | 163 (56.60) | ||
| Age [years, M (P25, P75)] | 31 (27.50, 35) | 32 (28, 37) | -1.504a | 0.133 |
| Occupation (n, %) | 0.995b | 0.319 | ||
| Physicians | 9 (3.13) | 24 (8.33) | ||
| Nurses | 92 (31.94) | 163 (56.60) | ||
| Education level (n, %) | 0.950b | 0.813 | ||
| College | 9 (3.13) | 14 (4.86) | ||
| Undergraduate | 80 (27.78) | 145 (50.35) | ||
| Master | 10 (3.47) | 21 (7.29) | ||
| Doctorate | 2 (0.69) | 7 (2.43) | ||
| Marital Status (n, %) | 1.093b | 0.579 | ||
| Unmarried | 31 (10.76) | 56 (19.44) | ||
| Married | 70 (24.31) | 129 (44.79) | ||
| Divorced | 0 | 2 (0.69) | ||
| CPSS [Scores, M (P25, P75)] | 28 (25, 31) | 17 (12, 23) | -9.556a | < 0.001 |
| GAD-7 [Scores, M (P25, P75)] | 7 (5.50, 10) | 1 (0, 3) | -11.448a | < 0.001 |
| PHQ-9 [Scores, M (P25, P75)] | 9 (7, 13) | 2 (0, 5) | -11.959a | < 0.001 |
a: Z value, b: X2 value, PSSS: Psychosomatic Symptom Scale, CPSS: Chinese Perceived Stress Scale, GAD-7: 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, PHQ-9: 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire.