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Table 1 Characteristics of participants by study group at baseline

From: Coping with stress in medical students: results of a randomized controlled trial using a mindfulness-based stress prevention training (MediMind) in Germany

 

Total N = 80

MediMind n = 31

Autogenic Training n = 32

Control group n = 17

MM vs. AT p-value

MM vs. CG p-value

AT vs. CG p-value

Mean age (SD) in years

23.39 (3.91)

23.29 (2.81)

23.72 (5.12)

22.94 (3.09)

n.s.a

n.s.a

n.s.a

Female sex, N (%)

67 (84%)

30 (97%)

27 (84%)

10 (59%)

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Preclinical cohort, N (%)

48 (60%)

16 (52%)

22 (69%)

10 (59%)

n.s.b

Clinical cohort, N (%)

32 (40%)

15 (48%)

10 (31%)

7 (41%)

  1. at-test, bchi-squared test or Fisher’s Exact Test