Table 4.

Comparison between self-evaluations at the beginning and at the end of intensive therapy*

Variable	Telephone contact group			No contact group
	n	mean ± standard deviation	P*	n	mean ± standard deviation	P†
Subjective psychological health:
beginning	257	3.0 ± 1.0	<0.001	164	2.9 ± 1.1	<0.001
end		3.8 ± 1.0			3.9 ± 0.9
Subjective physical health:
beginning	257	3.4 ± 1.1	<0.001	163	3.2 ± 1.1	<0.001
end		3.8 ± 1.0			3.9 ± 1.0
Evaluation of financial status:
beginning	258	2.7 ± 1.0	0.002	162	2.6 ± 1.1	0.098
end		2.9 ± 1.0			2.8 ± 1.1
Evaluation of social relations:
beginning	258	3.6 ± 1.1	<0.001	163	3.4 ± 1.2	<0.001
end		4.0 ± 2.1			3.8 ± 1.0
General quality of life:
beginning	260	2.8 ± 0.9	<0.001	163	2.6 ± 1.1	<0.001
end		3.5 ± 0.9			3.4 ± 1.0

*Evaluation on a 5-point scale (1 – very poor to 5 – very good).

†Wilcoxon test for two related samples.