Table 4 Summary of Spearman’s rho coefficient correlation between the study year and the severity of nosophobia and hypochondria symptoms across the whole group and by field of study.
Students | Variable under test | Year of study | |
|---|---|---|---|
Rs | p | ||
Non-medical | Nosophobia | − 0.05 | 0.312 |
Hypochondria | − 0.23 | 0.082 | |
Medical | Nosophobia | 0. 47 | 0.031* |
Hypochondria | 0.031 | 0.606 | |
Total | Nosophobia | 0.044 | 0.462 |
Hypochondria | − 0.028 | 0.641 | |