Table 3.

Comparison of the communication skills in the study groups at 3 points of time

Group	communication skills	Before intervention	2 weeks after the intervention	1 month after the intervention
Control	Verbal	30.34±4.41	30.82±4.33	30.02±5.70
	Nonverbal	17.20±4.35	17.82±4.36	17.77±4.87
	Total	47.54±6.01	48.65±6.58	47.80±8.74
Intervention	Verbal	28.20±5.87	41.85±6.10	51.54±4.57
	Nonverbal	16.51±3.32	24.37±5.59	29.11±4.49
	Total	44.71±7.62	66.22±8.43	80.65±7.63