Effect of self-care counselling on depression and anxiety in women with endometriosis: a randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Comparison of mean depression scores before and 4 weeks after intervention between counselling and control groups

Variable Depression	Counselling group (N = 38) median (first and third quartiles)	Control group (N = 38) median (first and third quartiles)
Pre intervention	18.0 (14.7–30.0)	17.0 (14.7–25.2)	0.645^a
Post intervention	12.0 (7.7–23.0)	11.0 (7.0–19.0)	0.565^a

^a Due to the abnormal distribution, the Mann-Whitney U test was used and the median (first and third quartiles) was reported
The depression score range is 0–63

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