Positive psychological intervention for anxiety, depression and coping in subjects addicted to online games

Table 2 Comparison of Hamilton Depression Scale-24 scores before and after psychological intervention, n = 87

Item	Before	After	t value	P value
Anxiety/somatic factor	6.83 ± 1.58	2.68 ± 0.78	16.430	< 0.001
Body weight factor	0.93 ± 0.13	0.89 ± 0.11	0.364	0.716
Cognitive impairment factor	6.12 ± 1.23	2.86 ± 0.84	12.232	0.002
Circadian change factor	0.92 ± 0.26	0.90 ± 0.17	0.480	0.912
Retardation factor	7.63 ± 1.62	1.48 ± 0.19	21.134	< 0.001
Sleep disorder factor	4.42 ± 1.32	4.16 ± 0.34	1.609	0.110
Despair factor	3.58 ± 0.86	1.08 ± 0.13	4.405	< 0.001
HAMD total score	32.42 ± 8.63	9.15 ± 1.58	32.153	< 0.001

HAMD: Hamilton Depression Scale.