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Table 5 Anxiety and depression scores of SLE patients in control and therapy groups over time

From: Psychoanalytic psychotherapy improves quality of life, depression, anxiety and coping in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a controlled randomized clinical trial

Domain

Time

Control (n = 43)

Therapy (n = 37)

Inter-group P*

Median (Min-Max)

Median (Min-Max)

Anxiety

T1

6.0 (1.0–16.0)

9.0 (.0–20.0)

0.340

T2

8.0 (1.0–18.0)

6.0 (1.0–16.0)

0.019

Intra-group P**

0.132

< 0.001

 

Depression

T1

5.0 (1.0–16.0)

8.0 (.0–14.0)

0.264

T2

7.0 (1.0–17.0)

4.0 (.0–14.0)

0.022

Intra-group P**

0.081

< 0.001

 
  1. HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Range: 0–21 by domain)
  2. *Mann-Whitney test; **Wilcoxon test
  3. P < 0.05 significant
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