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Table 5 Anxiety scores for students differing in proximity of final exams

From: When investigating depression and anxiety in undergraduate medical students timing of assessment is an important factor - a multicentre cross-sectional study

HADS-A

All

Females

Males

Timing of Final Exams

Imminent (n = 164)

Not Imminent (n = 282)

Imminent (n = 99)

Not Imminent (n = 176)

Imminent (n = 65)

Not Imminent (n = 106)

Mean

10.60

7.55

11.15

8.40

9.75

6.14

(SD)

(4.419)

(4.240)

(4.260)

(4.255)

(4.555)

(3.836)

Median

10.00

7.00

11.0

8.00

9.00

5.00

  1. Skew: 0.280 Kurtosis: 0.587
  2. All students: t = 7.198, p < 0.001; 95% ci 2.213/3.876; r (effect size) =0.7043
  3. Female students: t = 5.139, p < 0.001; 95% ci 1.695/3.801; r (effect size) =0.6459
  4. Male students: t = 5.561, p < 0.001; 95% ci 2.330/4.895; r (effect size) = 0.8573