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

BMC Psychiatry

Table 5 The association between perceived stress, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors using Analysis of variance (ANOVA) test

Variable	Low stress	Moderate Stress	High Stress	Total	P-value
Age
< 20 years 20–23 years > 23 years Total	5 28 14 47	78 135 29 242	9 36 9 51	92 199 49 340	0.035*
College Year
Preclinical Clinical Total	29 18 47	183 59 242	32 19 51	244 96 340	0.56
Weekly expenditure
< 10000 SDG 10000–25000 SDG > 25000 SDG Total	8 26 13 47	59 136 47 242	7 34 10 51	74 196 70 340	0.387
Academic performance satisfaction levels
Unsatisfied Fairly unsatisfied Neutral Fairly satisfied Fully satisfied Total	4 9 15 13 6 47	43 55 67 55 22 242	19 12 14 4 2 51	66 76 96 72 30 340	0.000*
Quality of sleep
Poor Unsatisfactory Acceptable Good Total	0 4 15 28 47	11 41 129 61 242	8 11 23 9 51	19 56 167 98 340	0.000*
Satisfaction with religious practices
Poor Unsatisfactory Acceptable Good Total	1 5 13 28 47	21 34 119 67 241	7 14 21 8 50	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	7 19 5 16 47	11 125 41 65 242	1 18 11 21 51	19 162 57 102 340	0.001*
Eating Habits
Unhealthy Not very healthy Rather healthy Very healthy Total	7 22 16 2 47	35 134 67 6 242	15 27 7 2 51	57 183 90 10 340	0.006*

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