Table III.

Changes in LiSat-11 domains and MPI scales over time.

	t0: admission Mean (SD)	t1: discharge Mean (SD)	t2: 1 year Mean (SD)
Life Satisfaction (LiSat)
Life as a whole*	3.37 (1.11)	3.83 (1.12)	3.82 (1.26)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.708, F(2.53) < 10.952, p < 0.000
Vocation*	2.05 (1.29)	2.31 (1.39)	2.95 (1.58)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.784, F(2.52) = 7.183, p = 0.002
Economy	2.88 (1.43)	2.90 (1.39)	2.85 (1.40)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.934, F(2.56) = 1.99, p = 0.146
Leisure*	3.02 (1.21)	3.42 (1.13)	3.62 (1.21)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.720, F(2.55) = 10.703, p < 0.001
Contacts*	3.68 (1.28)	3.83 (1.29)	4.16 (1.13)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.849, F(2.56) = 4.97, p = 0.010
Sexual life*	3.17 (1.61)	3.36 (1.61)	3.62 (1.53)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.857, F(2.52) = 4.351, p = 0.018)
ADL	4.07 (1.24)	4.19 (1.20)	4.38 (1.18)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.966, F(2.55) = 0.966, p = 0.387
Family life	4.49 (1.11)	4.66 (1.03)	4.38 (1.18)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.915, F(2.41) = 1.912, p = 0.161
Partner relationship	4.52 (1.43)	4.64 (1.26)	4.89 (1.28)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.999, F(2.41) = 0.028, p = 0.973
Somatic health*	2.33 (1.21)	2.82 (1.28)	3.06 (1.22)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.686, F(2.55) = 12.60, p < 0.000
Psychological health	3.49 (1.26)	3.76 (1.39)	4.01 (1.32)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.846, F(2.55) = 4.994, p < 0.010
Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI)
Pain severity*	4.32 (0.79)	3.87 (0.99)	3.60 (1.12)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.627, p < 0.001
Pain interference*	4.38 (0.88)	3.94 (0.93)	3.74 (1.06)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.667, p < 0.001
Life control*	2.43 (0.92)	3.11 (1.17)	3.12 (1.19)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.701, p = 0.001
Affective distress*	3.44 (1.02)	2.77 (1.37)	2.76 (1.38)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.667, p < 0.001
General activity level	3.03 (0.25)	3.04 (0.16)	3.05 (0.08)
	Wilks’s λ = 0.972, p = 0.06 (between t1 and t2)

Data are based on only the 68 patients who filled in all three questionnaires. Mean and standard deviations (SD).

^*= significant at 5% level.