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. 2013 Jun;11(6):503–510.

Table II.

Mental health status of the study participants based on economic status before and after treatment

Physical symptoms scales
(Mean ± SD)
Anxiety and sleep disorders scale
(Mean ± SD)
Social function scale
(Mean ± SD)
Depressive symptoms scales
(Mean ± SD)
N Before After Before After Before After Before After
Prosperous 6 4 ± 2 3 ± 2 4.8 ± 1.09 4 ± 2.64 7.8 ± 1.79 8.66 ± 2.08 0.2 ± 0.45 0.33 ± 0.57
Relatively prosperous 12 4.14 ± 3.9 3.35 ± 2.67 4.71 ± 3.97 5.5 ± 4.01 2.93 ± 3.41 6.42 ± 2.92 1.64 ± 2.1 1.71 ± 2.64
The average income 192 4.66 ± 3.3 4.56 ± 3.74 5.39 ± 4.25 5.28 ± 4.25 6.81 ± 2.38 7.25 ± 3.52 2.27 ± 3.35 2.1 ± 3.16
Low income 38 6.37 ± 4.55 6.78 ± 4.93 6.6 ± 5.13 7.58 ± 5.05 6.16 ± 2.8 8.24 ± 4.22 3.48 ± 4.6 4.36 ± 4.81
Poor 14 6.63 ± 2.9 5.69 ± 3.32 7.8 ± 4.6 6.53 ± 3.95 7.42 ± 3.93 7.3 ± 4.42 6.37 ± 5.06 4.38 ± 5.04
Total 262 5.03 ± 3.59 4.88 ± 3.96 5.7 ± 4.42 5.7 ± 4.4 6.85 ± 2.61 7.38 ± 3.65 2.66 ± 3.78 2.53 ± 3.64
P-value 0.004 0.138 0.537 0.001

Kruskal-Wallis