2.7. Statistical analysis

This study used IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 27 to analyze the data. To answer Objective 1, the data were presented using frequency and percentage distribution, whereas, for Objective 2, we calculated the means and standard deviations to summarize the responses of the participants to the three instruments. Finally, in terms of the participants' demographics, including COVID‐19 and non‐COVID‐19 specific profiles, the Mann–Whitney U test was employed to compare the CAS, COVID‐19ASS, and SHAI. This decision resulted from a determination that the data did not meet the standards of normality, as determined by the Kolmogorov–Smirnov and Shapiro–Wilk tests. As a result, the action to use the Mann–Whitney U test, a nonparametric variation of the t‐test, was made. In addition, predictor variables for the three questionnaires were determined using linear regression analysis.