Effect tongue pressure feedback training with enabling education on swallowing and depression in head and neck tumor patients

Table 2 Comparison of depressive symptoms before and after nursing care between the group, mean ± SD

Group	Case	SDS
		Before	After
Experimental group	55	57.81 ± 2.64	31.30 ± 1.07a
Control group	55	57.60 ± 3.32	32.05 ± 1.85a
t		0.367	2.603
P value		0.714	0.011

^aP < 0.05 vs condition prior to care in this group.

SDS: Self-rating depression scale.