Effects of psychological intervention combined with education on psychological resilience and healthy behavior of patients with pulp disease

Table 4 Comparison of dental fear, health behavior and stigma between the two groups (mean ± SD, scores)

Groups	Participants	DAI score		Health behavior and habit score		SIS score
		Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Observation	57	71.58 ± 4.66	58.98 ± 4.43a	51.55 ± 4.51	76.23 ± 6.05a	58.87 ± 3.56	37.58 ± 2.33a
Control	57	71.35 ± 4.77	63.59 ± 4.11	51.43 ± 4.17	73.77 ± 6.11a	58.22 ± 3.41	40.25 ± 2.14a
t		0.260	5.760	0.147	2.160	0.995	6.372
P value		0.795	< 0.001	0.883	0.033	0.322	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05, compared with pre-care data between groups.

DAI: Dental Anxiety Inventory; SIS: Social Impact Scale.