Effects of family cognitive therapy on aggressive behavior, family functioning, and marital quality in patients with major depression

Table 2 Psychological status assessment

Group	Cases, n	SAS		SDS
		Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Observation	90	72.3 ± 5.4	45.8 ± 3.1	75.9 ± 3.1	50.5 ± 4.2
Control	88	72.2 ± 5.4	51.9 ± 3.0	75.8 ± 3.1	57.3 ± 4.2
χ2/t		0.073	8.570	0.071	7.179
P value		0.942	< 0.001	0.943	< 0.001

Data are mean ± SD. SAS: Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: Self-Rating Depression Scale.