Table 1.
Comparison of Depression Anxiety Stress Scale mean scores before and after the intervention according to groups.
| DASS-42 | Intervention (n = 32) |
Control (n = 29) |
t | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
| DASS-42 (pre-test) | 44.65 (22.70) | 39.44 (23.78) | 0.875 | 0.385 | |
| DASS-42 (post-test) | 27.78 (17.95) | 39.65 (22.84) | −2.268 | 0.027 | |
| Subscales | Depression subscale (pre-test) | 13.93 (9.67) | 14.06 (10.74) | 0.854 | 0.960 |
| Depression subscale (post-test) | 7.03 (6.11) | 13.44 (9.94) | −2.997 | 0.003 | |
| Anxiety subscale (pre-test) | 11.90 (7.31) | 9.13 (6.42) | 1.563 | 0.123 | |
| Anxiety subscale (post-test) | 7.90 (6.70) | 9.51 (6.58) | −0.945 | 0.348 | |
| Stress subscale (pre-test) | 18.81 (8.63) | 16.24 (9.16) | 1.128 | 0.264 | |
| Stress subscale (post-test) | 12.84 (7.31) | 16.68 (9.13) | −1.824 | 0.073 | |
Independent samples t-test. Bold values indicate a statistically significant difference.