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

Table 1 Comparison of awareness of depression knowledge between the two groups (n)

Group	n	Awareness	Basic awareness	Unawareness	Compliance rate (%)
Control	50	10	31	9	82.00
Observation	50	15	34	1	98.00
χ2					7.111
P value					0.015

Table 2 Comparison of Morisky Medication Compliance Questionnaire scores between the two groups

Group	n	Before intervention	1 wk after intervention	3 wk after intervention
Control	50	4.75 ± 0.58	5.32 ± 0.65	6.35 ± 0.85
Observation	50	4.81 ± 0.60	6.15 ± 0.76	7.43 ± 0.92
t value		0.508	5.869	6.097
P value		0.522	< 0.001	< 0.001

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