Test Anxiety and Associated Factors Among First-Year Health Science Students of University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Figures & data

Table 1 Sociodemographic Profiles of the Study Participants (n=322)

Variables	Variable Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Age	<21 (18–20)	236	73.3
	≥21	86	26.7
Sex	Male	190	59.0
	Female	132	41.0
Marital status	Single	301	93.5
	Married	18	5.6
	Separated	3	0.9
Religion	Orthodox	236	73.3
	Protestant	45	14.0
	Muslim	36	11.2
	Catholic/Adventist	5	1.5
Father’s education status	Non-educated	42	13.0
	Grade 1–4	44	13.7
	Grade 5–8	48	14.9
	Grade 9–12	52	16.1
	Certificate and above	136	42.2
Mothers’ education status	Non-educated	77	23.9
	Grade 1–4	39	12.1
	Grade 5–8	46	14.3
	Grade 9–12	61	18.9
	Certificate and above	99	30.7
Family’s residency	Urban	217	67.4
	Rural	105	32.6

Figure 1 The magnitude of test anxiety of among first-year undergraduate health science students of the University of Gondar, 2019 (n=322).

Table 2 Bivariate and Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis of the Associated Factors (n=322)

Variables	Category	Test Anxiety		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Yes (%)	No (%)
Age	≤20 (18–20)	112 (47.5)	124 (52.5)	0.72 (0.44–1.19)	0.94 (0.49–1.78)
	>20	34 (39.5)	52 (59.5)	1	1
Marital status	Single	140 (46.5)	161 (53.5)	0.46 (0.17–1.22)	0.35 (0.11–1.06)
	Married/separated	6 (28.6)	15 (71.4)	1	1
Fathers’ education status	Non-educated	12 (28.6)	30 (71.4)	2.28 (1.08–484)	1.24 (0.51–3.02)
	Grade 1–4	17 (38.6)	27 (61.4)	1.45 (0.73–2.91)	0.82 (0.36–1.88)
	Grade 5–8	19 (39.6)	29 (60.4)	1.39 (0.72–2.73)	0.63 (0.27–1.46)
	Grade 9–12	33 (63.5)	19 (36.5)	0.53 (0.27–1.07)	0.31 (0.14–0.69)**
	Certificate and above	65 (47.8)	71 (52.2)	1	1
Mothers’ educational status	Non-educated	27 (35.1)	50 (64.9)	2.22 (1.20–4.10)	1.08 (0.32–3.63)
	Grade 1–4	14 (35.9)	25 (64.1)	2.14 (0.99–4.60)	1.76 (0.52–6.03)
	Grade 5–8	21 (45.7)	25 (54.3)	1.43 (0.71–2.88)	2.13 (0.74–6.06)
	Grade 9–12	30 (49.7)	31 (50.8)	1.24 (0.65–2.35)	2.43 (1.07–5.47*)
	Certificate and above	54 (48.4)	45 (45.5)	1	1
Family residency	Urban	105 (54.5)	112 (51.6)	1	1
	Rural	41 (39.0)	64 (61.0)	0.68 (0.43–1.11)	0.93 (0.42–2.15)
Self-esteem	Low	25 (29.1)	61 (70.9)	6.51 (2.28–8.55)	2.37 (0.70–8.03)
	Normal	105 (49.1)	109 (50.9)	2.77 (1.04–7.35)	2.04 (0.69–6.02)
	High	16 (72.7)	6 (27.3)	1	1
Psychological distress	No	130 (58.6)	92 (41.4)	1	1
	Yes	16 (16.0)	84 (84.0)	0.14 (0.07–0.25)	8.37 (4.29–16.39)***
Field of study	Nurse	15 (31.9)	32 (68.1)	1	1
	Midwifery	14 (53.8)	12 (46.2)	1.95 (0.70–5.44)	3.56 (1.07–11.76)*
	Psychiatry	9 (47.4)	10 (52.6)	0.78 (0.26–2.42)	1.95 (0.51–7.42)
	Physiotherapy	8 (44.4)	10 (55.6)	1.01 (0.30–3.44)	1.59 (0.37–6.83)
	Public health	12 (50)	12 (50)	1.15 (0.33–3.95)	2.99 (0.67–13.43)
	Laboratory	6 (24.0)	19 (76.0)	0.92 (0.29–2.88)	1.63 (0.42–6.32)
	Medicine	44 (63.8)	25 (36.2)	2.90 (0.85–9.93)	6.79 (1.64, 8.22)**
	Anesthesia	7 (38.9)	11 (61.1)	0.52 (0.20–1.35)	0.95 (0.29–3.04)
	Health informatics	9 (47.4)	10 (52.6)	1.44 (0.41–5.04)	2.01 (0.47–8.51)
	Optometry	6 (42.9)	8 (57.1)	1.02 (0.30–3.44)	1.29 (0.32–5.27)
	Environmental	5 (25.0)	15 (75.0)	1.22 (0.32–4.66)	3.18 (0.67–15.11)
	Pharmacy	11 (47.8)	12 (52.2)	2.75 (0.75–10.11)	3.49 (0.76–16.10)
Grade point average	<3.00	31 (43.1)	41 (56.9)	1.54 (0.85–2.76)	0.99 (0.46–2.16)
	3.00–3.50	50 (38.8)	79 (61.2)	1.83 (1.11–3.03)	1.56 (0.81–2.99)
	>3.50	65 (53.7)	56 (46.3)	1

Notes: *P-value<0.05, **P-value<0.01, ***P-value<0.001.

Abbreviation: NB, significance.