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Table 7 Multiple Linear regression analysis for total score of GHQ-28 by sociodemographic, academic, individual characteristics and self-assessment of participants’ health

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

(a)

Unstandardized Coefficients

Standardized Coefficients

T

P value

 

B

S. E

B

  

(Constant)

23.780

3.258

 

7.296

0.000

Gender

11.243

2.773

0.446

4.055

0.001

Age

5.145

6.418

0.144

0.802

0.438

Learning difficulties

1.173

3.659

0.059

0.474

0.646

Loss of parent(s)

-17.046

3.250

-0.582

-5.245

< 0.001

Parental status

2.236

3.766

0.900

0.594

0.566

Chronic physical disorder or disability

7.343

4.268

0.234

1.740

0.105

Physical health self-assessment during last month

-1.931

3.710

-0.777

-0.521

0.614

Mental health self-assessment during last month

10.798

2.673

0.428

4.039

0.011

Level of satisfaction with program/course of study

9.793

3.346

0.370

2.997

0.010

Satisfaction with relationship with friends

1.680

5.574

0.063

0.303

0.707

Satisfaction with relationship with parents

-7.343

2.968

-0.277

-2.474

0.027

Frequency of spending time with my friends

-12.197

3.305

-0.434

-3.690

0.002

(b)

Unstandardized Coefficients

Standardized Coefficients

T

P value

 

B

S. E

B

  

(Constant)

39.351

4.008

 

9.817

0.000

Gender

13.151

3.925

0.446

3.350

0.005

Age

10.552

7.103

0.268

1.486

0.161

Parental status

1.591

3.785

0.555

0.420

0.683

Learning difficulties

-0.783

3.343

-0.026

0.234

0.820

Chronic physical disorder or disability

15.232

4.483

0.433

3.398

0.004

Physical health self-assessment during last month

-5.077

4.548

-0.181

-1.116

0.290

Mental health self-assessment during last month

6.383

3.890

0.226

1.641

0.127

Level of satisfaction with program/course of study

0.964

5.109

0.034

0.189

0.856

Satisfaction with relationship with friends

-0.017

5.690

-0.001

-0.003

0.998

Satisfaction with relationship with parents

-12.142

3.476

-0.412

3.350

0.004

Frequency of spending time with my friends

-5.461

4.151

-0.194

-1.316

0.215

Loss of parent(s)

-18.292

3.834

-0.563

-4.771

< 0.001

  1. (a)Backward stepwise multiple linear regression analysis with case with the highest* total score on the LESS scale and (b) the greatest** number of stressful life events using the GHQ-28 score as the outcome variable, and age, gender, loss of parent(s), Learning difficulties, Chronic physical disorder or disability, Physical health self-assessment during last month, Mental health self-assessment during last month, Level of satisfaction with program/course of study, Satisfaction with relationship with friends, satisfaction with relationship with parents and frequency of spending time with friends as independent variables
  2. * According to the quartile of students, the highest score of LESS was ≥ 340, ** the quartile of students, the greatest number of stressful life events was ≥ 8
  3. †(a)Adjusted R2 = 0.822 and (b) Adjusted R2 = 0.645