A Hope Intervention Compared to Friendly Visitors as a Technique to Reduce Depression among Older Nursing Home Residents

Table 1

Scores of control and intervention groups, with between-group comparisons.

Measures	Control	Intervention	Comparison Test
Number of Subjects	9	6	—
Male	2	0	—
Female	7	6	—
Mean Age of Patients	82.2	79.7	𝑇=.231, df=13, 𝑃=.820
Mean Length of Stay (days)	1,099.0	1,203.8	𝑇=.573, df=13, 𝑃=.575
Mean Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) Score	1.22	1.17	𝑇=.24, df=13, 𝑃=.814
Mean Depression Rating Scale (DRS) Score	0.78	1.67	𝑇=1.134, df=13, 𝑃=.274
Mean Prestudy GDSSF	9.33	9.33	𝑇=0.000,df=13, 𝑃=1.00
Mean Poststudy GDSSF	7.11	7.17	𝑇=0.36, df=13, 𝑃=.972
Mean Prestudy HHI	31.00	33.00	𝑇=1.125, df=13, 𝑃=.281
Mean Poststudy HHI	32.33	32.00	𝑇=0.219, df=13, 𝑃=.830