Table 2.

Psychological Assessment Scores Before and After Surgery: Comparison with National Norm Level

	n	SAS Scale [Mean ± SD]	SDS Scale [Mean ± SD]
Pre-operation	43	40.58±7.92	48.23±9.17
One-week post-operation	43	37.18±7.54	42.33±9.94
One-month post-operation	43	36.79±7.04	42.09±9.27
National Norm Level	43	33.80±5.90	41.88±10.57

Notes: Data Shown as mean ± standard deviation.

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; SAS, Self-Rating Depression Scale; SDS, Self-Rating Depression Scale.