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Table 2 Psychological stress responses in both groups

Groups	Cases	SAS (scores)		SDS (scores)
		Before	After	Before	After
Control	90	56.65 ± 4.35	49.85 ± 3.20	59.55 ± 5.10	52.00 ± 3.60
Observation	90	57.00 ± 4.60	45.60 ± 3.35	60.20 ± 5.25	48.50 ± 2.90
t		0.524	8.703	0.842	7.183
P value		0.601	< 0.001	0.401	< 0.001

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