Effect of Hope-oriented group counseling on mental health of infertile women with failed IVF cycles: a randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Comparison of mean stress scores in the study groups

Stress score (score 0 to 21)	Counseling group (*N =* 26) Mean)SD)	Control group (N = 26) Mean)SD)	MD (95%CI)	p-value
Before intervention	16.6 (2.1)	16.9 (1.7)	0.26(−0.75 to 1.2)	0.602^a
One week after intervention	14.7 (2.8)	16.7 (2.2)	−1.7 (−3.2 to −0.3)	0.018^b
One month after intervention	15.2 (2.9)	16.5 (2.3)

^aIndependent t-test
^brepeated measures ANOVA after adjusting the baseline stress value
Before intervention, the number of patients in the counseling and control groups was 30, and after the intervention in the counseling and control groups was 26

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