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Table 1 Comparison of self-rating anxiety scale and self-rating depression scale scores before and after intervention between groups

Group	Case	SAS		SDS
		Before	After	Before	After
Control	47	59.24 ± 3.17	38.58 ± 5.25	57.94 ± 6.36	51.28 ± 3.13
Observation	53	59.33 ± 3.06	30.53 ± 4.15a	57.88 ± 6.44	42.04 ± 3.86a
t value		0.4563	7.5824	4.2136	11.0645
P value		> 0.05	< 0.05	> 0.05	< 0.05

^aP < 0.05 compared with the control group.

SAS: Self-rating anxiety scale; SDS: Self-rating depression scale.