The Effect of Partnership Care Model on Mental Health of Patients with Thalassemia Major

Table 3

Comparison of mental health and its subscales in the intervention and control groups before and after intervention.

Variable	Group	Intervention	Control	Independent -test
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Physical complaints	Before		6.0 ± 0.73	= 0.67,
	After	3.9 ± 0.56	5.8 ± 0.67	= 1.21,
Paired -test		= 10.7,	= 1.37,
Anxiety	Before	8.4 ± 1.07	8.6 ± 1.17	= 0.39,
	After	5.2 ± 1.54	9.0 ± 0.66	= 7.1,
Paired -test		= 7.6,	= 1.8,
Social dysfunction	Before	9.6 ± 0.89	9.8 ± 0.37	= 0.36,
	After	7.0 ± 1.73	9.2 ± 0.20	= 2.15,
Paired -test		= 5.1,	= 1.50,
Depression	Before	10.8 ± 1.30	11.0 ± 0.70	= 0.30,
	After	4.4 ± 1.14	11.2 ± 0.44	= 5.21,
Paired -test		= 8.5,	= 1.0,
Total score of mental health	Before	35.2 ± 7.31	35.4 ± 7.83	= 0.65,
	After	11.4 ± 3.06	35.2 ± 7.01	= 8.1,
Paired -test		= 49.6,	= 1.0,