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Table 2 Mental state in the two groups before and after the intervention (mean ± SD, points)

Groups	SAS score		SDS score
	Before the intervention	After the intervention	Before the intervention	After the intervention
Observation group (n = 53)	56.34 ± 14.21	42.14 ± 10.21a	53.21 ± 11.10	43.91 ± 11.07a
Control group (n = 53)	54.12 ± 11.61	48.73 ± 9.12a	52.56 ± 10.17	47.04 ± 12.45a
t value	0.982	6.092	1.223	5.011
P value	0.235	0.036	0.201	0.042

^aP < 0.05 vs before the intervention.

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