Empathetic nursing with mindful cognitive therapy for fatigue, depression, and negative emotions in leukemia patients undergoing long-term chemotherapy

Table 2 Comparison of Herth hope Index scores of the two groups (mean ± SD, points)

Groups	Time	Maintain close contact with others	Take positive attitude	Attitudes toward reality and the future	Total HHI scores
Observation group (n = 52)	Before intervention	9.14 ± 2.28	9.53 ± 2.72	10.93 ± 2.43	29.61 ± 4.57
	After intervention	14.06 ± 1.781	14.28 ± 1.891	14.52 ± 1.761	42.86 ± 3.521
Control group (n = 51)	Before intervention	9.33 ± 2.64	9.48 ± 2.66	10.85 ± 3.16	29.69 ± 5.24
	After intervention	10.67 ± 1.691	11.08 ± 1.461	12.03 ± 1.391	33.78 ± 2.581
Tafter intervention	-	9.909	9.603	7.958	14.894
Pafter intervention	-	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

¹Group comparison before treatment.

HHI: Herth hope Index.