Social jetlag and quality of life among nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing

Table 1 Participants’ general and health-related characteristics (N = 198)

Characteristic	Category	n (%)	Median (interquartile range)	p ^b
Age (years)			22.00 (21.00 ~ 23.00)	< 0.001
Gender	Male	24 (12.1)
Gender	Female	174 (87.9)
School year	First	12 (6.6)
	Second	55 (27.8)
	Third	53 (26.8)
	Fourth	77 (38.9)
Grade average point			3.00 (2.00 ~ 4.00)	< 0.001
Living arrangement	Alone	89 (44.9)
Living arrangement	With others	109 (55.1)
Socioeconomic status	Low	41 (20.7)
	Middle	103 (52.0)
	High	54 (27.3)
Subjective health status	Unhealthy	28 (14.1)
Subjective health status	Healthy	170 (85.9)
Smoking	Yes	14 (7.1)
Smoking	No	184 (92.9)
Alcohol	Yes	84 (42.4)
Alcohol	No	114 (57.6)
Body mass index^a	Underweight	34 (17.2)	20.79 (19.12 ~ 22.61)	< 0.001
	Normal	122 (61.6)
	Overweight	19 (9.6)
	Obese	23 (11.6)

^aPer the World Health Organization’s classifications, suggested and revised for the Asia-Pacific region by Hoque et al. [54].
^bKolmogorov-Smirnov test results.

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