Anxiety, mindfulness and self-efficacy association among university healthcare specialties students in Al Qassim, Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 5 T-test (unpaired) analysis comparing median BAI scores across various sociodemographic variables (N = 418)

Variable and value	Median (IQR)	Statistic^a	p-value
Gender
Male	12.0 (18.0)	15,115.50	0.000
Female	20.0 (22.0)
Colleges
Colleges of medicine	12.0 (17.0)	16,375.50	0.000
Other colleges^b	21.0 (23.0)
Academic level
1st to 3rd years	14.0 (18.0)	18,157.50	0.149
4th, 5th, 6th years, and interns	17.0 (23.0)
Psychiatric diagnosis
None	16.0 (21.0)	305.50	0.002
Psychiatric disorder^c	37.0 (16.0)
Chronic disease
None	16.0 (21.0)	7468.00	0.899
Chronic disease^d	19.0 (22.0)

^aMann–Whitney U statistic
^bIncludes colleges of pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, public health, and medical rehabilitation
^cOnly includes participants diagnosed with depression or adjustment disorder with depressive mood (N = 6)
^dRepresents participants who have been diagnosed with at least one type of chronic disease