Table 2.

Significant differences at baseline characteristics and health change at discharge between responders and non-responders.

Characteristic	Responders at DIS (M ± SD)	Nonresponders at DIS (M ± SD)	P
Length of stay at the hospital (in days)	14.8 ± 3.2	13.3 ± 5.5	<0.001
Internal control beliefs (GKÜ)	3.0 ± 0.9	2.9 ± 0.9	0.034
External-fatalistic control beliefs (GKÜ)	2.2 ± 0.9	2.4 ± 0.9	0.001
Depression (HADS)	7.4 ± 4.2	8.1 ± 4.2	0.01
Characteristic	Responders at FU3 (M ± SD)	Nonresponders at FU3 (M ± SD)	P
Length of stay at the hospital (in days)	14.8 ± 3.0	14.3 ± 4.4	<0.001
External-fatalistic control beliefs (GKÜ)	2.2 ± 0.9	2.2 ± 0.9	0.01
External-social control beliefs (GKÜ)	2.8 ± 1.0	2.9 ± 1.1	0.035
Depression (HADS)	7.3 ± 4.1	7.9 ± 4.3	<0.001
Mental component summary (SF-36)	40.2 ± 12.9	38.7 ± 12.6	0.004
Satisfaction with life in general	3.4 ± 0.9	3.3 ± 0.9	0.01
Subjective health change at discharge (in %)			0.001
(i) Much improved	33.2	25.7
(ii) Somewhat improved	47.4	52.4
(iii) The same	15.8	16.5
(iv) Somewhat worse	2.7	3.9
(v) Much worse	0.9	1.5

DIS: discharge; FU3: 3-month followup; M: mean; SD: standard deviation.