Table 4.
Comparison of between the two groups before and after treatment
| Group | Cases |
Toughness
|
Strength
|
Optimism
|
Total scores
|
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|
Before treatment
|
After treatment
|
Before treatment
|
After treatment
|
Before treatment
|
After treatment
|
Before treatment
|
After treatment
|
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| Control | 61 | 20.46 ± 2.93 | 25.62 ± 3.11a | 14.89 ± 1.63 | 17.76 ± 2.21a | 8.06 ± 1.02 | 9.75 ± 1.21 | 43.41 ± 4.32 | 53.13 ± 5.98a |
| Observation | 61 | 20.13 ± 3.14 | 31.59 ± 2.89a | 15.02 ± 1.75 | 20.94 ± 2.85a | 8.12 ± 0.92 | 13.26 ± 1.93a | 43.27 ± 5.01 | 65.79 ± 6.75a |
| t | -0.252 | 2.561 | 1.257 | 1.683 | 0.731 | 4.523 | -1.953 | 8.247 | |
| P value | 0.453 | 0.012 | 0.682 | 0.045 | 0.472 | 0.015 | 0.583 | 0.007 | |
a
P < 0.05 vs before treatment.