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Table 1 General characteristics of students

From: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being of students in an Italian university: a web-based cross-sectional survey

Variable

Category

Number

Percent

Age

Median (IQR) = 22.9 (21.08–24.56)

  

Gender

Male

143

28.54

Female

358

71.46

Course of study

Economy

9

1.79

Economy and Law

37

7.38

Medicine and Surgery

304

60.68

Psychology

108

21.56

Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences

41

8.18

Banking, Financial, and Insurance Sciences

1

0.2

Education Sciences

1

0.2

Campus

Brescia

15

2.99

Milan

94

18.76

Piacenza-Cremona

80

15.97

Rome

312

62.28

Year of course

1

107

21.36

2

95

18.96

3

79

15.77

4

68

13.57

5

60

11.98

6

77

15.37

Other

15

2.99

Area of residence

North

181

36.13

Central

130

25.95

South and Island

190

37.92

Returned home

No

172

34.33

Yes

329

65.67

Lived alone during the lockdown

No

455

94.71

Yes

46

9.18

Physical activity during the lockdown

No

143

28.54

Yes

358

71.46

Known positive cases

No

329

65.67

Yes

159

31.74

COVID-19-like symptoms

No

429

85.63

Yes

59

11.78

Missing

13

2.59

Swab

No

446

89.02

Yes

32

6.39

Missing

23

4.59

Positive swab

No

26

81.25

Yes

6

18.75

Clinical condition of positive cases

Asymptomatic in isolation

4

66.67

Hospitalization

2

33.33

Partner

No

234

46.71

Yes

241

48.1

Missing

26

5.19

Anxiety (among students with anxiety, % of severity level)

No

302

64.66

Slight

118

25.26 (71.51)

Moderate

31

6.63 (18.78)

Severe

16

3.42 (9.69)

Depression (among students with depression, % of severity level)

No

121

27.06

Slight

263

58.83 (80.67)

Moderate

60

13.42 (18.40)

Severe

3

0.67 (0.92)