Table 5 Summary of the Mann–Whitney U test correlation of the severity of symptoms of nosophobia and hypochondria between the studied females and males in the overall group and the division into research and control groups
Students | Variable under test | Sex | U | P | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | ||||||||
N | Mrang | M | N | Mrang | M | ||||
Non-medical | Nosophobia | 43 | 49.63 | 13 | 43 | 48.5 | 13 | 1134.0 | 0.245 |
Hypochondria | 54 | 51.94 | 6 | 54 | 46.66 | 7 | |||
Medical | Nosophobia | 84 | 141.61 | 12 | 201 | 129.03 | 14 | 8325.5 | 0.063 |
Hypochondria | 84 | 129.03 | 6 | 201 | 148.8 | 7 | |||
Total | Nosophobia | 127 | 175.07 | 7 | 255 | 199.68 | 7 | 14106.5 | 0.017 |
Hypochondria | 127 | 172.59 | 7 | 255 | 200.92 | 7 | |||