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Table 1 School, sex, year of program, and students’ mean Intolerance of Uncertainty score in a study of Australian chiropractic students

From: The relationship between intolerance of uncertainty in chiropractic students and their treatment intervention choices

Year of Program

Males/Females

% of respondents’

year

IU score Males

(0 to 60)(SD)

IU score Females

(0 to 60)(SD)

1st year MQ

43/34

c

34.2 (8.0)

31.7 (7.7)

MU

31/45

62%

30.9 (6.7)

30.5 (7.7)

2nd year MQ

17/10

c

33.9 (8.2)

26.8 (9.6)

MU

17/33

46%

34.1 (6.2)

32.6 (8.5)

3rd year MQ

42/20

c

31.1 (7.8)

31.2 (8.5)

MU

19/22

62%

28.3 (10.1)

27.6 (8.3)

4th year MQ

34/25

c

28.4 (8.5)

27.6 (8.1)

MU

6/21

79%

27.8 (9.7)

26.1 (6.4)

5th year MQ

3/0

c

29.3 (8.6)

 

MU

12/10

55%

28.0 (9.7)

22.3 (3.6)

All Years MQ

139/89

69%

31.7 (8.3)

29.2 (8.1)

MU

85/131

44%

30.2 (8.2)

29.9 (8.3)

  1. cdenotes information not available because students were enrolled across differing years. IUS-12 Cronbach’s alpha was 0.87 (skewness 0.20 (SD 0.11), Kurtosis −0.59 (SD 0.23)0