Table 2.

Patients’ scale scores.

	BDS	BHS-em	BHS-mot	BHS-exp	BHS total	DAS	DDS
Group 1	14.9±9.5	2.2±0.9	3.0±2.1	5.8±1.3	11.1± 2.3	7.1±3.2	11.0±3.8
Group 2	12.1±7.4	2.1±0.6	3.1±2.0	5.6±1.4	10.8±1.8	6.7±3.1	9.4±3.3
P	0.36	0.68	0.86	0.60	0.51	0.59	0.12

BDS=Beck Depression scale; BHS=Beck hopelessness scale; em=future-related emotions; mot=loss of motivation, exp=futurerelated expectations; DAS=Templer’s death anxiety scale; DDS=death depression scale