Detection rates of anxiety and depression of different levels and comparisons of Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores between the nursing students and non-nursing counterparts
| Nursing students (n=366) | Non-nursing students (n=380) | T/z value | P value | |||
| Rate | Score | Rate | Score | |||
| Anxiety according to GAD-7 | ||||||
| No anxiety | 84.7% | 1.21±1.28 | 81.1% | 1.30±1.28 | −0.864 | 0.472 |
| Mild anxiety | 12.8% | 6.26±1.17 | 13.4% | 6.24±1.18 | 0.084 | 0.926 |
| Moderate anxiety | 2.2% | 11.50±1.51 | 3.4% | 11.69±1.70 | −0.270 | 0.388 |
| Severe anxiety | 0.3% | 15.00±0.00 | 2.1% | 17.13±1.96 | −1.192 | 0.444 |
| Anxiety overall | 56 (15.3%) | 7.16±2.45 | 72 (18.9%) | 8.43±3.97 | −2.101 | <0.001 |
| Depression according to PHQ-9 | ||||||
| No depression | 72.4% | 1.25±1.40 | 70.8% | 1.30±1.35 | −0.408 | 0.423 |
| Mild depression | 18.8% | 6.74±1.48 | 17.9% | 6.40±1.28 | 1.445 | 0.119 |
| Moderate depression | 6.6% | 11.50±1.22 | 5.8% | 11.82±1.30 | −1.009 | 0.888 |
| Severe depression | 2.2% | 18.88±2.23 | 5.5% | 18.05±3.57 | −0.857 | 0.809 |
| Depression overall | 101 (27.6%) | 8.83±3.87 | 111 (29.2%) | 9.68±4.96 | −1.372 | 0.003 |