TABLE 5.

Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients distinguished by intervention and “usual care” group at T1 (day before surgery).

Socio-demographic	T1 Intervention	T1 “usual care”	Comparison
variables	group N = 65	group N = 49	at T1
	N.(%)	N.(%)	Chi2(p−value)
Gender			0.21 (0.64)
Male	29 (45)	24 (49)
Age			1.02 (0.60)
<50	9 (14)	4 (8)
51–69	38 (58)	32 (65)
>70	18 (28)	13 (27)
Education level			1.98 (0.58)
Until Primary school	12 (19)	9 (18)
Middle school	20 (31)	10 (20)
High school	23 (35)	19 (39)
Degree	10 (15)	11 (22)
Marital status			2.13 (0.71)
Married/Cohabitant	53 (82)	40 (82)
Divorced Widower	8 (12)	6 (12)
Unmarried	4 (6)	3 (6)
Children			0.09 (0.76)
Yes	57 (88)	42 (86)
Employment status			1.89 (0.22)
Student/Worker	26 (40)	16 (32)
Jobless	3 (5)	0 (0)
Housewife	10 (15)	9 (18)
Retired	36 (40)	24 (49)
Citizenship			2.70 (0.10)
Italian	65 (100)	47 (96)
Region coming from			00 (0.99)
Veneto	12 (19)	9 (18)
Smoke			0.03 (0.86)
No	59 (91)	44 (90)
Alcohol			1.33 (0.25)
No	65 (100)	48 (98)
Psychotropic drugs use			Z(p−value)
Sleeping pills	3 (5)	4 (8)	0.78 (0.43)
Anxiolytics	2 (3)	5 (10)	1.57 (0.12)
Antidepressants	2 (3)	2 (4)	0.29 (0.77)
Clinical variables	Mean (sd)	Mean (sd)	t-test (p-value)
PHQ-9	4.6 (4.2)	4.2 (3.6)	0.58 (0.56)
GSES	35.0 (5.0)	34.5 (5.4)	0.43 (0.66)
MSPSS	6.5 (0.9)	6.6 (0.7)	0.90 (0.37)
FACIT-F	2.7 (10.5)	43.6 (9.9)	0.46 (0.65)
FACT-G	55.5 (10.0)	56.7 (7.0)	0.72 (0.47)
Brief COPE	67.1 (9.7)	66.9 (8.7)	0.07 (0.94)
STAI-Y2	31.3 (8.4)	32.1 (10.6)	0.49 (0.62)
APAIS	14.9 (6.2)	15.3 (6.9)	0.13 (0.90)
STAI-Y1	43.1 (13.7)	43.4 (12.1)	0.38 (0.70)
EFFICACY	6.9 (1.7)	7.1 (2.1)	0.58 (0.57)