Effects of suggestion therapy on mood and sleep quality in middle-aged women with depression

Table 1 Changes in anxiety and depression scores before and after treatment in patients

Group	Case	SDS before treatment	SDS after treatment	t-test	P value	SAS before treatment	SAS after treatment	t-test	P value
Control group	51	72.33 ± 4.53	54.73 ± 3.07	24.162	0.000	60.24 ± 5.67	55.25 ± 3.16	6.038	0.000
Study group	51	73.59 ± 5.62	50.63 ± 2.56	26.325	0.000	61.53 ± 6.34	52.82 ± 2.89	8.838	0.000
t-test		1.241	7.316			1.086	4.054
P value		0.218	0.000			0.280	0.000

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