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Table 1 Sample characteristics by level of acute stress disorder (ASD) among Chinese students

From: Information uncertainty: a correlate for acute stress disorder during the COVID-19 outbreak in China

N(%)

Overall

Level of ASD

Low

Medium

High

7800 (100%)

2117 (27.1)

3792 (48.6)

1891 (24.2)

Age (Mean ± SD)

20.54 ± 2.11

20.60 ± 2.18

20.49 ± 2.09

20.56 ± 2.07

Health Status (Mean ± SD)

4.07 ± .81

4.44 ± .74

4.03 ± .74

3.74 ± .86***

Gender

 Male

3001 (38.5)

972 (32.4)

1273 (42.4)

756 (25.2)

 Female

4799 (61.5)

1621 (27.1)

2519 (48.6)

1135 (24.2)***

Years in College

 Freshman and Sophomore

4216 (54.1)

1174 (27.8)

2072 (49.1)

970 (23.0)

 Junior or Higher 

3584 (45.9)

943 (26.3)

1720 (48.0)

921 (25.7)*

Major

 Health-related

1850 (23.7)

496 (26.8)

964 (52.1)

390 (21.1)

 Non Health-related

5950 (76.3)

1621 (27.2)

2828 (47.5)

1510 (25.2)***

Residence

 Hubei Province

226 (2.9)

54 (23.9)

111 (49.1)

61 (27.0)

 Non-Hubei Provinces

7574 (97.1)

2063 (27.2)

3681 (48.6)

1830 (24.2)

Stressors

 Stressor #1

.22 ± .41

.16 ± .37

.20 ± .40

.33 ± .47***

 Stressor #2

.86 ± .35

.79 ± .41

.90 ± .29

.84 ± .36***

 Stressor #3

.93 ± .26

.93 ± .25

.95 ± .21

.86 ± .35***

 Stressor #4

.70 ± .46

.64 ± .48

.72 ± .45

.74 ± .44***

 Stressor #5

.18 ± .38

.10 ± .30

.15 ± .36

.31 ± .46***

 Stressor #6

.64 ± .48

.46 ± .50

.68 ± .47

.77 ± .42***

  1. Note:
  2. Stressor #1: Family or relatives are diagnosed or pending diagnosis
  3. Stressor #2: Chaos in daily schedule due to the lockdown
  4. Stressor #3: Information of the severity and high infectability of the virus
  5. Stressor #4: Negative news from the authorities
  6. Stressor #5: Family conflict caused by the epidemic/lockdown
  7. Stressor #6: Uncertainty from various information about the virus or outbreak
  8. *p < .05; *** p < .001