Table 4.

Comparison of affective control and its dimensions in patients before and after intervention in two groups

Variables	Intervention (n=24)	Control (n=25)	Pa
Emotional control
Before	172.27±40.02	180.61±25.44	0.386
After	162.27±48.49	188.91±37.42	0.054
Pb	0.413	0.472
Anger
Before	34.13±10.40	34.80±10.39	0.627
After	33.00±11.11	37.12±10.10	0.273
Pb	0.707	0.499
Depressed mood
Before	36.17±10.12	36.12±8.31	0.949
After	31.08±8.98	39.92±9.05	0.001
Pb	0.039	0.151
Anxiety
Before	51.78±14.47	54.67±11.62	0.340
After	51.30±16.23	56.96±13.31	0.202
Pb	0.903	0.551
Positive affection
Before	49.68±11.78	54.76±12.65	0.110
After	47.05±15.38	55.56±11.88	0.121
Pb	0.488	0.812

^aThe significance level of multivariate covariance analysis was compared the mean of the variables between the two groups, ^bThe significance level of the paired t-test for comparing the mean of the variables after the intervention than before the intervention in each group