Table 5

Health symptoms and mastery: baseline and 12 months

Total (n=117)Intervention effect
Intervention group (n=66)Control group (n=51)Statistic
Baseline12 monthsBaseline12 monthsB1jCIp
n = number of patients.
B1j = intervention effect: difference between groups in mean value of the outcome measure at 12 months corrected for baseline and for clustering and for age and hours of appointment.
CI = 95% confidence interval.
*Significant difference between intervention group and control group.
Symptoms
4DSQ
    Distress, mean (SD)21.00 (6.7)7.47 (7.2)22.24 (6.7)8.53 (7.6)0.013−0.179 to 0.2050.45
    Depression, mean (SD)2.41 (2.8)0.89 (1.9)3.45 (3.2)0.84 (2.2)−0.048−0.195 to 0.0990.74
    Anxiety, mean (SD)3.99 (4.6)1.33 (2.8)6.28 (6.19)*1.94 (4.0)−0.029−0.154 to 0.0960.67
    Physical symptoms, mean (SD)12.20 (6.1)5.73 (5.0)12.8 (6.1)6.22 (5.1)0.000−0.100 to 0.1000.50
SCL-90
    Total score, mean (SD)176 (44)124 (38)190 (51)132 (38)−0.017−0.184 to 0.1500.58
Psychological resources and responses
Mastery, mean (SD)3.22 (0.66)3.42 (0.95)3.18 (0.69)3.54 (0.77)−0.112−0.414 to 0.1900.77