3.1. Depression Symptom Evaluation
depression, Depression
MINOR
The evaluation of depression symptoms was conducted using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, after 45 and 90 days of active/control treatment (T1 and T2, respectively). At T1, the active treatment group reached a total score that was underneath the limit of minor depression (i.e., 10 points) with an average score of 9.0 ± 4.8, while the control group reached a mean value of 12.1 ± 5.9 points. The result obtained for the active treatment was significantly lower than that for the control (