Effect of amino acid-balanced diet-based nutritional-psychological intervention on muscle wasting and quality of life in cirrhosis patients

Table 3 Assessment of anxiety and depression in two groups of patients before and after intervention (points), mean ± SD

Group (n)	SAS			SDS
	Before intervention	3 months after intervention	6 months after intervention	Before intervention	3 months after intervention	6 months after intervention
Observation group (65)	54.3 ± 3.2	46.7 ± 2.5	42.5 ± 2.0	56.1 ± 2.8	48.3 ± 2.2	44.1 ± 1.8
Control group (65)	53.9 ± 3.5	52.1 ± 3.0	51.3 ± 2.8	55.8 ± 3.1	54.5 ± 2.6	53.7 ± 2.4
t	0.376	13.599	16.374	0.582	10.755	11.134
P value	0.769	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.741	< 0.001	< 0.001

SAS: Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: Self-Rating Depression Scale.