Table 5. The differences in the mean scores for depression, anxiety, stress and self-esteem between time points in the intervention and control groups.

Variable	Intervention Position	(I) Time	(J) Time	Mean Difference (I-J)	S.E.	p-value	95% CI		Partial ƞ2
							Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Depression	Intervention	Pre-test	Post-test	2.01	0.18	<0.001	1.57	2.45	0.32
		Pre-test	Follow-up	0.63*	0.17	<0.001	0.21	1.05
		Post-test	Follow-up	-1.37*	0.18	<0.001	-1.81	-0.94
	Control	Pre-test	Post-test	0.10	0.19	1	-0.35	0.55	0.01
		Pre-test	Follow-up	0.26	0.18	0.42	-0.17	0.70
		Post-test	Follow-up	0.17	0.19	1	-0.29	0.62
Anxiety	Intervention	Pre-test	Post-test	2.04*	0.35	<0.001	1.20	2.89	0.13
		Pre-test	Follow-up	2.28*	0.41	<0.001	1.30	3.26
		Post-test	Follow-up	0.24	0.31	1	-0.50	0.97
	Control	Pre-test	Post-test	0.29	0.36	1	-0.58	1.15	0.02
		Pre-test	Follow-up	-0.40	0.42	1	-1.40	0.60
		Post-test	Follow-up	-0.69	0.31	0.09	-1.45	0.07
Stress	Intervention	Pre-test	Post-test	2.80*	0.36	<0.001	1.94	3.66	0.30
		Pre-test	Follow-up	3.49*	0.38	<0.001	2.57	4.41
		Post-test	Follow-up	0.69	0.45	0.37	-0.38	1.77
	Control	Pre-test	Post-test	0.71	0.37	0.16	-0.17	1.59	0.02
		Pre-test	Follow-up	0.36	0.39	1	-0.58	1.31
		Post-test	Follow-up	-0.35	0.46	1	-1.45	0.75
Self-esteem	Intervention	Pre-test	Post-test	-5.48*	0.71	<0.001	-7.18	-3.78	0.20
		Pre-test	Follow-up	-4.49*	0.71	<0.001	-6.21	-2.77
		Post-test	Follow-up	0.99	0.74	0.54	-0.79	2.77
	Control	Pre-test	Post-test	-0.51	0.72	1	-2.25	1.24	0.01
		Pre-test	Follow-up	-0.37	0.73	1	-2.14	1.39
		Post-test	Follow-up	0.14	0.76	1	-1.69	1.96

*Significant at p<0.02 (adjusted P-value)