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

Table 2

Scores of control and intervention groups, and within-group comparisons.

Measures	Mean PreStudy Score (SD)	Mean PostStudy Score (SD)	Statistical Test
Control GDSSF	9.33 (1.76)	7.11 (2.80)	𝑇=2.294, df=8, 𝑃=.051
Intervention GDSSF	9.33 (1.72)	7.17 (2.46)	𝑇=1.060, df=8, 𝑃=.320
Control HHI	31.00 (3.41)	32.33 (3.78)	𝑇=1.337, df=5, 𝑃=.239
Intervention HHI	33.00 (1.43)	32.00 (1.48)	𝑇=2.739, df=5, 𝑃=.04^∗

∗Test reveals a significant difference in scores. SD is Standard Deviation.