Research Article

Prevalence of Anxiety and Associated Factors among Pharmacy Students in Saudi Arabia: a Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Associations between total anxiety scores and participant characteristics.

VariablesMean (median) anxiety score(std) value

Faculty type
 cPharmD5.4 (4)5.30.2
 Bachelor6.5 (4)5.9
Smoking habits
 Yes4.8 (4)4.20.7
 No5.8 (4)5.7
Sleeping pattern
 Less than 6 h/day5.1 (3)5.8
 6-8 h/day6.5 (5.5)5.30.5
 8-10 h/day4.1 (3)4.6
Nutritional status
 Normal5.5 (4)4.6
 Overweight6.5 (4.5)6.10.4
 Obese8.7 (8)8.07
 Moderately obese4.2 (4)3.3
Year of study
 Second year5.6 (4)5.3
 Third year5.8 (3.5)5.890.9
 Fourth year5.4 (5)4.55

Mann-Whitney test. Kruskall-Wallis test.