Table 5.
Comparison between telephone contact group and no contact group at the end of intensive treatment and 24 mo after the end of intensive therapy in different self-evaluations*
| Variable | n | Mean ± standard deviation |
P† | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| telephone contact | no contact | |||
| End of intensive therapy: |
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| subjective psychological health |
427 |
3.8 ± 1.0 |
3.9 ± 0.9 |
0.492 |
| subjective physical health |
424 |
3.8 ± 1.0 |
3.9 ± 11.0 |
0.109 |
| evaluation of financial status |
426 |
2.9 ± 1.0 |
2.8 ± 1.1 |
0.466 |
| evaluation of social relations |
425 |
4.0 ± 2.1 |
3.8 ± 1.0 |
0.621 |
| general quality of life |
427 |
3.5 ± 0.9 |
3.5 ± 1.0 |
0.946 |
| 24 mo after end of intensive therapy: |
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| subjective psychological health |
209 |
3.8 ± 1.1 |
3.4 ± 1.3 |
0.036 |
| subjective physical health |
209 |
3.7 ± 1.0 |
3.4 ± 1.2 |
0.077 |
| evaluation of financial status |
209 |
3.2 ± 1.0 |
2.8 ± 1.2 |
0.034 |
| evaluation of social relations |
209 |
3.9 ± 1.0 |
3.6 ± 1.1 |
0.145 |
| general quality of life | 211 | 3.6 ± 0.9 | 3.2 ± 1.3 | 0.040 |
*Evaluation on a 5-point single scale (1 – very poor to 5 – very good).
†Mann-Whitney test for independent samples.