Prevalence and correlates of generalized anxiety disorder and perceived stress among Sudanese medical students

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 The association between GAD, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors using the Kruskal Wallis and Man-Whitney tests

Variable	GAD Suggested (N)	GAD not Suggested (N)	Total	P-value
Gender
Male Female Total	35 64 99	90 151 241	125 215 340	0.649
College Year
Preclinical Clinical Total	75 24 99	169 72 241	244 96 340	0.434
Weekly expenditure
< 10000 SDG 10000–25000 SDG > 25000 SDG Total	10 68 21 99	64 128 49 241	74 196 70 340	0.004*
Academic performance satisfaction levels
Unsatisfied Fairly unsatisfied Neutral Fairly Satisfied Fully satisfied Total	33 21 27 12 6 99	33 55 69 60 24 241	66 76 96 72 30 340	< 0.000*
Quality of sleep
Poor Unsatisfactory Acceptable Good Total	15 25 43 16 99	4 31 124 82 241	19 56 167 98 340	< 0.000*
Satisfaction with religious practices
Poor Unsatisfactory Acceptable Good Total	12 20 48 18 98	17 33 105 85 240	29 53 153 103 338	< 0.000*
Use of smart devices for entertainment
< 2 h daily 2–4 h daily 4–6 h daily > 6 h daily Total	3 45 21 30 99	16 117 36 72 241	19 162 57 102 340	0.004*
Eating Habits
Unhealthy Not very healthy Rather healthy Very healthy Total	22 55 20 2 99	35 128 70 8 241	57 183 90 10 340	0.004*

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