Treatment of postpartum depression with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing and electrical stimulation

Table 3 Comparison of Hamilton Depression Scale scores between the two groups

Group	n	Before intervention	1 wk after intervention	3 wk after intervention
Control	50	38.72 ± 5.52	35.21 ± 4.72	28.25 ± 3.94
Observation	50	39.08 ± 5.48	31.17 ± 4.29	23.52 ± 3.57
t value		0.327	4.479	6.291
P value		0.711	< 0.001	< 0.001