Table 2 Mental Health Improvement in the total studied group and the DS group by gender

n

mean (SD)

n

mean (SD)

p-value

Total group

40

3.9 (4.1)

43

4.1 (3.4)

0.75^a

Experimental

20

6.4 (3.3)

20

4.3 (2.4)

0.03^a*

Control

20

1.4 (3.2)

23

4.0 (4.0)

0.02^a

DS group

30

4.6 (4.3)

30

5.1 (3.4)

0.60^a

Experimental

17

7.2 (2.5)

13

5.2 (2.4)

0.04^a*

Control

13

1.2 (3.8)

17

5.1 (4.1)

0.01^a