Motivational psychological nursing reduces anxiety and depression in patients with rheumatic and immunological diseases combined with nephropathy

Figure 2 Comparison of depression levels between the two groups. A: Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS)-before nursing; B: SDS-after nursing; C: Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)-before nursing; D: PHQ-9-after nursing; E: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)-before nursing; F: CES-D-after nursing; G: HAMD-before nursing; H: HAMD-after nursing. ^aP < 0.05. SDS: Self-Rating Depression Scale; PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9; CES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; HAMD: Hamilton Depression Scale.