Table 6.

Depression before and after spiritual care intervention, n (%)

	Control group	Experimental group	Z score	P value
Before intervention
No depression	22 (53.66)	26 (59.09)	–0.714	0.475
Critical depression	9 (21.95)	11 (25.00)
Obvious depression	10 (24.39)	6 (13.64)
After intervention
No depression	35 (85.37)	43 (97.73)	–2.068	0.039a
Critical depression	5 (12.20)	1 (2.27)
Obvious depression	1 (2.44)	0 (0.00)
No depression	22 (53.66)	26 (59.09)	–0.714	0.475

^aP < 0.05.