Table 3.

Mean Scores of outcome variables from baseline to 4-week post-intervention follow-up

	Baseline(T0)			Mid-intervention(T1)			Post-intervention(T2)			4-week follow-up(T3)			β0	β1	β2	β3
	M ± SD			M ± SD			M ± SD			M  ± SD				T1 VS. T0	T2 VS. T0	T3 VS. T0
Intervention Group
Geriatric Depression	5.24 ± 3.41			4.32 ± 3.95			3.05 ± 3.46			3.61 ± 3.77			5.24***	-0.92*	-2.13***	-1.65***
State-anxiety	37.34 ± 12.02			33.34 ± 12.74			28.30 ± 15.53			29.00 ± 9.99			37.34***	-4.00*	-9.09***	-8.57***
Trait-anxiety	39.63 ± 12.69			35.50 ± 13.45			29.92 ± 10.42			28.58 ± 10.09			39.63***	-4.13**	-9.74***	-11.33***
Spiritual Well-being	82.29 ± 22.60			86.47 ± 22.75			92.22 ± 23.49			92.60 ± 23.76			82.29***	4.18	10.50***	9.63***
Religious well-being	44.76 ± 16.69			47.24 ± 16.70			47.95 ± 17.93			48.28 ± 17.19			44.76***	2.47	3.53*	2.91
Existential well-being	37.53 ± 12.39			39.24 ± 13.33			44.27 ± 11.50			43.83 ± 11.82			37.53***	1.71	6.54***	6.47***
Control Group
Geriatric Depression	5.23 ± 3.98			4.76 ± 4.23			4.30 ± 4.50			4.07 ± 3.85			5.23***	-0.47	-0.97	-1.32*
State-anxiety	37.59 ± 14.06			34.33 ± 12.70			34.36 ± 12.33			32.82 ± 10.88			37.59***	-3.20	-3.30*	-5.15**
Trait-anxiety	35.87 ± 11.79			33.74 ± 11.22			32.70 ± 10.28			30.43 ± 9.20			35.87***	-2.12	-3.55*	-5.89***
Spiritual Well-being	75.38 ± 27.55			74.66 ± 27.32			65.42 ± 30.69			68.89 ± 30.45			75.38***	-1.03	-9.16**	-2.89
Religious well-being	36.49 ± 19.05			35.37 ± 18.23			27.12 ± 21.42			30.31 ± 22.23			36.48***	-1.48	-8.90***	-4.27
Existential well-being	38.90 ±  4.67			39.29 ± 13.63			38.30 ± 14.14			39.64 ± 13.47			38.89***	0.45	-0.18	1.68

M Mean, SD Standard deviation; Regression coefficient β0 is the baseline means for both group; regression coefficients β1, β2 and β3 indicates the time effect observed for mid-intervention (β1), post-intervention (β2) and 4-week follow-up (β3)

^*p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01; ^***p < 0.001