Table 3.

Patients’ Mood State from Baseline to Follow-Up

		Treatment Group (n=30)		Control Group A (n=30)		Control Group B (n=30)		ANOVA P-value	T vs CA	T vs CB
		Mean±SD	Within-Group Effect Sizea	Mean±SD	Within-Group Effect Sizea	Mean±SD	Within-Group Effect Sizea		P-valueb	P-valueb
HAMD-17	Week 0	28.17±5.53		27.13±4.62		27.40±6.46		0.76
	Week 4	17.77±6.03	−0.67	25.33±6.51	−0.16	25.77±6.75	−0.12	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Week 8	11.20±6.91	−0.45	21.97±6.95	−0.24	25.30±7.29	−0.03	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Week 12	12.53±7.87	0.09	21.10±7.54	−0.06	27.07±7.00	0.12	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
SDS	Week 0	43.20±10.50		41.40±10.40		43.73±8.98		0.64
	Week 4	30.57±6.62	−0.58	36.07±12.92	−0.22	38.80±10.44	−0.25	0.009	0.35	0.003
	Week 8	26.13±7.58	−0.30	35.13±8.57	−0.04	38.46±8.16	−0.02	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Week 12	28.53±7.22	0.16	35.17±8.00	0.002	38.30±8.61	−0.01	<0.001	0.011	<0.001
HAMA	Week 0	22.33±8.76		22.97±9.25		24.87±8.42		0.51
	Week 4	14.27±6.73	−0.46	21.07±8.90	−0.10	22.43±9.14	−0.14	<0.001	0.012	<0.001
	Week 8	9.27±8.06	−0.32	18.17±8.67	−0.16	22.03±10.10	−0.02	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Week 12	10.53±7.53	−0.08	16.80±8.29	−0.08	20.90±8.17	−0.06	<0.001	0.026	<0.001

Notes: ^aEffect size by Cohen’s d formula. ^bP-value by Bonferroni correction.

Abbreviations: HAMD-17, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; SDS, Self-Rating Depression Scale; HAMA, Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety; T, treatment group; CA, control group A; CB, control group B.