Mental health status and stressful life events among postgraduate nursing students in Cyprus: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

Table 5 Prevalence of clinical mental distress (GHQ-28 ≥ 24) by classification of participants in terms of the number of stressful life events and total score on the LESS scale

Life Events Scale for Students (LESS) (N = 90)	Total	Non clinical mental distress		Prevalence of clinical mental distress		X²	DF	P value
		N	%	N	%
Number of events in LESS	0–3	16	64	10	36	0.106	2	0.949
	4–7	29	67.4	14	32.6
	8–14	12	57.1	9	42.9
						6.251	4	0.181
Total Score in LESS	0–49	5	100	0	0
	50–149	13	59.1	9	40.9
	150–241	13	65	7	35
	242–350	17	70.8	7	29.2
	351–767	9	47.4	10	52.6
Total		57	63.3	33	36.7

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