Data Analysis

Data were analyzed using statistics⁽¹⁹⁾ and descriptive and analytical statistics. For comparing demographic variables between two groups, independent t test, chi-squared test, and Fisher exact test were used. Repeated measures ANOVA were used to assess anxiety and depression between the two groups across times. Also, independent t test was used as a post hoc analysis to compare the mean scores between the intervention between the two groups. The a priori alpha level was set at 0.05.