Effects of the psychosocial educational program
Examination of the pre-education BDS scores of the mothers in the intervention group showed that 475% of them (n = 19) had risk of moderate and 25% (n = 10) had risk of serious depression, whereas 35% of them (n = 14) had risk of moderate and 5% (n = 2) risk of serious depression after the education. The control group mothers, on the other hand, 40% (n = 14) had risk of moderate and 286% (n = 10) risk of serious depression in the pretest and again40% (n = 14) had risk of moderate and 257% (n = 9) risk of serious depression in the post-test. It was found that the difference in the mean pretest BDS scores of the intervention and control group patients were not statistically significant (p > 005). After the educational program given to the mothers of the intervention group, a decrease was seen in their level of risk for depression (from 1833 ± 885 to 1213 ± 641) and when the intervention group was compared with the control group, it was found that the difference in the mean post educational BDS scores was significant (p < 0001) (see Table 3).