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

Table 3 Changes in sleep quality before and after treatment in patients

	Sleep quality	Bedtime	Sleep duration	Sleep efficiency	Sleep disorder	Hypnotics	Daytime dysfunction	PSQI score
Control group
Before treatment	2.35 ± 0.56	1.63 ± 0.49	2.24 ± 0.43	2.08 ± 0.27	2.06 ± 0.54	1.25 ± 0.44	1.53 ± 0.58	13.04 ± 1.33
After treatment	1.35 ± 0.48	1.49 ± 0.50	1.45 ± 0.50	1.53 ± 0.50	1.67 ± 0.48	0.94 ± 0.24	0.84 ± 0.42	9.27 ± 1.15
t-test	9.903	1.414	9.177	5.954	3.732	4.781	6.934	16.000
P value	0.000	0.164	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Experimental group
Before treatment	2.41 ± 0.54	1.63 ± 0.56	2.31 ± 0.51	2.12 ± 0.33	2.04 ± 0.34	1.35 ± 0.48	1.61 ± 0.49	13.47 ± 1.39
After treatment	1.12 ± 0.33	1.14 ± 0.35	1.33 ± 0.48	0.96 ± 0.34	1.22 ± 0.42	0.73 ± 0.45	0.92 ± 0.48	7.41 ± 1.20
t-test	15.157	4.976	8.621	19.755	12.310	7.099	7.229	25.967
P value	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
t-test1	0.542	0.000	0.841	0.661	0.217	1.072	0.737	1.603
P value1	0.589	1.000	0.402	0.510	0.828	0.286	0.463	0.112
t-test2	2.887	4.112	1.214	6.653	5.097	3.023	0.876	7.993
P value2	0.005	0.000	0.228	0.000	0.000	0.003	0.383	0.000

¹The results of comparison between the control group and the experimental group before treatment.

²The results of comparison between the control group and the experimental group after treatment, respectively.

PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.