Table 2: The anxiety levels of the nursing students and their demographic characteristics (N = 316).
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Mild |
Moderate |
High |
Severe |
Total score Median (IQR) |
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n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)-7 |
102 |
32.3 |
128 |
40.5 |
71 |
22.5 |
15 |
4.7 |
6.0 (3.0-10.0) |
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Demographic characteristics |
Mean (SD) |
Median (IQR) |
P value |
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Age* |
21 or younger 22 and/or older |
6.85 ± 4.63 6.54 ± 4.37 |
7.0 (3.0-10.0) 6.0 (3.0-9.0) |
0.432 |
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Gender* |
Female Male |
6.74 ± 4.67 6.67 ± 4.13 |
6.0 (3.0-10.0) 6.0 (4.0-9.0) |
0.879 |
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Year of study** |
1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year |
6.93 ± 4.32 6.24 ± 3.77 6.28 ± 4.76 7.38 ± 5.15 |
8.0 (2.0-10.0) 6.0 (4.0-9.0) 5.0 (2.5-10.0) 7.0 (4.0-10.0) |
0.073 |
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Chronic illness* |
Yes No |
7.12 ± 5.27 6.67 ± 4.44 |
7.0 (3.0-12.0) 6.0 (4.0-9.5) |
0.680 |
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Place of residence** |
Marmara Mediterranean Aegean Central Anatolia Eastern Anatolia Black Sea South eastern Anatolia |
9.20 ± 5.21 8.19 ± 4.78 5.50 ± 3.25 5.45 ± 4.09 6.48 ± 4.45 5.53 ± 4.25 7.03 ± 4.60 |
8.0 (6.0-11.0) 7.0 (5.0-14.5) 5.5 (3.0-7.5) 6.0 (1.0-8.0) 6.0 (3.0-10.0) 5.0 (2.0-8.0) 7.0 (4.0-10.0) |
0.000 |
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Co-residents** |
Family Friends Alone |
6.77 ± 4.57 6.48 ± 4.30 4.80 ± 2.77 |
6.0 (3.0-10.0) 5.0 (3.0-9.0) 4.0 (2.5-7.5) |
0.905 |
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Do you have a job?* |
Yes No |
9.5 ± 5.26 6.40 ± 4.33 |
10.0 (7.0-14.0) 6.0 (3.0-9.0) |
0.001 |
Note: *p value of the Mann-Whitney U test; **p value of the Kruskal-Wallis test.