Table 3.
Comparison of mental health and its subscales in the intervention and control groups before and after intervention.
| Variable | Group | Intervention | Control | Independent t-test |
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| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | |||
| Physical complaints | Before | 6.2 ± 0.42 | 6.0 ± 0.73 | T = 0.67, P = 0.50 |
| After | 3.9 ± 0.56 | 5.8 ± 0.67 | T = 1.21, P = 0.007 | |
| Paired t-test | T = 10.7, P = 0.000 | T = 1.37, P = 0.18 | ||
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| Anxiety | Before | 8.4 ± 1.07 | 8.6 ± 1.17 | T = 0.39, P = 0.86 |
| After | 5.2 ± 1.54 | 9.0 ± 0.66 | T = 7.1, P = 0.014 | |
| Paired t-test | T = 7.6, P = 0.000 | T = 1.8, P = 0.104 | ||
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| Social dysfunction | Before | 9.6 ± 0.89 | 9.8 ± 0.37 | T = 0.36, P = 0.76 |
| After | 7.0 ± 1.73 | 9.2 ± 0.20 | T = 2.15, P = 0.070 | |
| Paired t-test | T = 5.1, P = 0.007 | T = 1.50, P = 0.21 | ||
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| Depression | Before | 10.8 ± 1.30 | 11.0 ± 0.70 | T = 0.30, P = 0.11 |
| After | 4.4 ± 1.14 | 11.2 ± 0.44 | T = 5.21, P = 0.008 | |
| Paired t-test | T = 8.5, P = 0.001 | T = 1.0, P = 0.37 | ||
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| Total score of mental health | Before | 35.2 ± 7.31 | 35.4 ± 7.83 | T = 0.65, P = 0.35 |
| After | 11.4 ± 3.06 | 35.2 ± 7.01 | T = 8.1, P = 0.004 | |
| Paired t-test | T = 49.6, P = 0.000 | T = 1.0, P = 0.39 | ||