Table 3.

Comparison of pre- and post-intervention outcome measures in control and intervention groups

Group	Before intervention (n = 40)	After intervention (n = 40)	t1	P	Effect size (Cohen’s)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Satisfaction
- Control	78.10 ± 23.48	76.48 ± 2.09	0.333	0.741	0.107
- Study	80.27 ± 21.9	53.55 ± 12.28	8.626*	< 0.001*	2.763
t 2 (p)	0.428 (0.670)	5.736*(< 0.001*)
Overall coping
- Control	89.93 ± 20.68	91.0 ± 21.20	0.973	0.337	0.312
- Study	85.18 ± 19.07	99.48 ± 10.21	4.090*	< 0.001*	1.310
t 2 (p)	1.068(0.289)	2.278* (0.027*)
Post-traumatic stress disorders scores
- Control	60.05 ± 23.53	59.23 ± 22.93	0.561	0.578	0.180
- Study	57.53 ± 14.64	50.20 ± 12.13	2.695*	0.010*	0.863
t 2 (p)	0.576(0.566)	2.200*(0.032*)

t₁Paired t-test comparing between before and after-intervention in each group

t₂Student t-test for comparing between control and study in each before and after intervention

*: Statistically significant at p < 0.05