Application of narrative nursing in the families of children with biliary atresia: A retrospective study

Table 1 Comparison of self-rating anxiety and depression scale scores between the two groups (mean ± SD)

Groups	n	SAS	SDS
Before intervention
Study group	32	58.91 ± 5.04	60.79 ± 6.27
Control group	32	59.50 ± 5.68	61.28 ± 6.35
t		0.440	0.311
P value		0.662	0.757
After intervention
study group	32	43.34 ± 4.60	45.65 ± 5.41
control group	32	50.59 ± 5.31	52.23 ± 5.69
t		5.838	4.741
P value		0.000a	0.000a

^aP < 0.0001 between group t-test after intervention. SAS: Self-rating anxiety scale; SDS: Self-rating depression scale.