Table 1.

Longitudinal Adjusted Means^* for SCL-90 Global Severity Index by Psychiatric Disorder Status at Index Hospitalization

	Psychiatric Disorder Status
	No Diagnosis Mean (SE)	Past Disorder Mean (SE)	Recent Disorder Mean (SE)
Baseline	0.19 (0.05)	0.30 (0.06)	0.67 (0.06)
3 months	0.36 (0.08)	0.45 (0.08)	0.80 (0.09)
12 months	0.47 (0.09)	0.61 (0.09)	1.08 (0.10)

^*Adjusted for age, race, marital status, medical diagnosis, and severity of medical illness. Analysis conducted using fixed effects repeated measures. The time^*comorbidity interaction was significant (Roy's greatest root, P = .009). All pairwise contrasts at each time interval were significant (P < .01) except for no diagnosis versus past disorder at 3 months (P = .054). SCL-90 indicates Symptom Checklist, 90-item version.