Effectiveness of the Premarital Education Programme in Iran

Table 3

Scores (mean ± SE) of both mental health and quality of life before and after one year of marriage.

Group	Variable	Before marriage	One year after marriage	𝑃 value
Classic group (𝑛=162)	Mental health	5.09±0.22	2.77±0.24	<0.001
	Mental health-related quality of life	66.28±1.38	68.26±1.38	0.159
	Physical health-related quality of life	74.02±1.38	68.39±1.53	<0.001
	Overall quality of life	70.16±1.20	68.32±1.28	0.132
Experimental group (𝑛=189)	Mental health	4.90±0.20	2.74±0.21	<0.001
	Mental health-related quality of life	66.84±1.27	68.25±1.25	0.350
	Physical health-related quality of life	75.22±1.10	67.54±1.26	<0.001
	Overall quality of life	71.03±0.99	67.90±1.07	0.007