Table 3 The comparison of PHQ-9 scores in the two groups before and after intervention
Items | Before intervention | After intervention | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention group | Control group | t | p | Intervention group | Control group | t | p | |
Little interest or pleasure in doing things | 0.55 ± 1.01 | 0.94 ± 1.03 | 1.436 | 0.156 | 0.19 ± 0.65 | 0.87 ± 0.99 | 3.176 | 0.002 |
Feeling down, depressed or hopeless | 1.03 ± 1.08 | 1.06 ± 0.81 | 0.133 | 0.895 | 0.42 ± 0.62 | 1.03 ± 0.91 | 3.093 | 0.003 |
Trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or sleeping too much | 1.32 ± 1.28 | 0.77 ± 0.96 | 1.916 | 0.060 | 0.65 ± 1.17 | 1.00 ± 0.93 | 1.321 | 0.191 |
Feeling tired or having little energy | 1.61 ± 0.99 | 2.03 ± 0.95 | 1.704 | 0.094 | 1.00 ± 1.12 | 1.42 ± 0.92 | 1.604 | 0.114 |
Poor appetite or overeating | 1.55 ± 1.09 | 1.06 ± 0.53 | 1.698 | 0.095 | 0.39 ± 0.72 | 1.13 ± 1.09 | 3.173 | 0.002 |
Feeling bad about yourself-or that you’re a failure of have let yourself or your family down | 0.23 ± 0.67 | 0.48 ± 0.85 | 1.327 | 0.189 | 0.06 ± 0.25 | 0.45 ± 0.72 | 2.818 | 0.007 |
Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper and watching TV | 0.52 ± 1.09 | 0.19 ± 0.48 | 1.508 | 0.137 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.48 ± 0.77 | 3.503 | 0.001 |
Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed. Or, the opposite-being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual | 0.32 ± 0.75 | 0.16 ± 0.45 | 1.026 | 0.309 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.13 ± 0.43 | 1.680 | 0.058 |
Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way | 0.10 ± 0.54 | 0.11 ± 0.55 | 0.231 | 0.818 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.42 ± 0.56 | 4.139 | 0.000 |
Mean total score | 7.23 ± 5.47 | 7.03 ± 4.68 | 0.323 | 0.747 | 2.71 ± 2.72 | 6.94 ± 4.70 | 4.334 | 0.000 |