Table 3.

Effect of Telecounseling (vs. General Education) on the Psychological Parameters of the Participants (Per Protocol)

	Within-Subject Diff. (Time-Effect): t (Mean Diff.) (95%CI)	P-Value	Between Subject Diff. (Group Effect): t (Mean Diff.) (95%CI)	P-Value	Group*Time Interaction: t (Mean Diff.) (95%CI)	P-Value
Depression scores 2 Fixed effect Baseline (ref.) EOS W2 W4 Random effect Intercept (variance [σ²]) (SE) Residual effect	– –2.04 (–8.7, –0.03) –2.12 (–8.8, –0.2) –4.14 (–16.2, –5.6)	0.048* 0.040* <0.001*	– –1.56 (8.4, 15.2)	0.126	– –0.62 (–8.3, 4.4) –0.42 (–8.3, 5.5) –1.48 (–1.9, 12.2) σ² = 10.09 σ² = 17.99	0.54 0.68 0.15 0.08 <0.001*
Anxiety score Fixed effect Baseline EOS W2 W4 Random effect Intercept (variance [σ²]) (SE) Residual effect	– –2.77 (–8.0, –1.2) –1.61 (–6.1, –0.6) –3.50 (–11.5, –3.2)	0.009* 0.115 0.001*	– –0.163 (–3.8, 2.9)	0.872	– –0.87 (–7.1, 2.8) –1.39 (–9.1, 1.7) 0.19 (–4.9, 5.9) σ² = 3.79 σ² = 11.7	0.39 0.17 0.84 0.177 <0.001*
Stress score Fixed effect Baseline EOS W2 W4 Random effect Intercept (variance [σ²]) (SE) Residual effect	– –4.04 (–9.5, –3.1) –3.08 (–8.0, –1.6) –5.24 (–14.1, –6.3)	<0.001* 0.004* <0.001*	– –1.21 (–7.1, 1.8)	0.23	– –1.14 (–7.3, 2.0) –0.79 (–7.1, 3.1) 0.50 (–3.8, 6.4) σ² = 13.04 σ² = 09.49	0.25 0.43 0.025 <0.001*
IES-R score Fixed effect Baseline EOS W2 W4 Random effect Intercept Residual effect	– –3.89 (–17.5, –5.5) –4.71 (–19.9, –7.9) –4.36 (–23.4, –8.5)	<0.001* <0.001* <0.001*	– –2.16 (–13.9, –0.4)	0.036*	– 0.68 (–5.8, 11.7) 0.79 (–5.8, 13.3) 1.09 (–4.4, 14.7) σ² = 18.22 σ² = 34.25	0.28 0.43 0.29 0.119 <0.001*

1 reference is the control group. ² DASS21, ² random effect of the subjects (participants)

- Baseline is the reference category, - control group is the reference category, -^c control group*baseline interaction is the reference category, SE: Standard error