According to Snaith and Philip (2003) any score of 11 or above on the HADS for either the anxiety or depression subscale should be considered when using the ‘caseness’ HADS as a screening tool. Table 4 indicates that for the current study 11.9% of the participants would meet this criterion for anxiety and 5.9% would meet for ‘caseness’ depression. Exposure Variables Table 5 Spearman rho correlations between exposure variables and STSS – Total STSS Score p value Time in CAIU -.00 .975 Total number interviews last 6 months .24* .015 *correlation is significant at 0.05 level (2-tailed) Table 5 indicates that a relationship was found between number of interviews conducted in the last six months and total STSS score. The small, positive correlation suggests that the more interviews conducted within the past six months, the greater the level of STS. No relationship was found between amount of time in CAIU and levels of STS. Categorical Variables Point-biserial correlations between dichotomous demographic variables and STSS Table 6 – Total STSS Score p value Gender .11 .258 (males relative to females) Full time or part time -.09 .380 (full time relative to part time) Loss in last 12 months -.13 .217 (no loss relative to loss) Abuse as a child -.09 .406 (no abusive relative to abuse) (2-tailed)
According to Snaith and Philip (2003) any score of 11 or above on the HADS for either the anxiety or depression subscale should be considered ‘caseness’ when using the HADS as a screening tool. Table 4 indicates that for the current study 11.9% of the participants would meet this criterion for anxiety and 5.9% would meet ‘caseness’ for depression. Exposure Variables Table 5 – Spearman rho correlations between exposure variables and STSS Total STSS Score p value Time in CAIU -.00 .975 Total number interviews last 6 months .24* .015 *correlation is significant at 0.05 level (2-tailed) Table 5 indicates that a relationship was found between number of interviews conducted in the last six months and total STSS score. The small, positive correlation suggests that the more interviews conducted within the past six months, the greater the level of STS. No relationship was found between amount of time in CAIU and levels of STS. Categorical Variables Table 6 – Point-biserial correlations between dichotomous demographic variables and STSS Total STSS Score p value Gender (males relative to females) .11 .258 Full time or part time (full time relative to part time) -.09 .380 Loss in last 12 months (no loss relative to loss) -.13 .217 Abuse as a child (no abusive relative to abuse) -.09 .406 (2-tailed)
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