Table 2.
Outcome measures: Mental Health Status; Psychological distress and patient satisfaction scores at admission and discharge
| Participants | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1a | T2b | |||||||
| Intervention (n = 165) (mean; SD) |
Comparison (n = 148) (mean; SD) |
P | Intervention (n = 120) (mean; SD) |
Comparison (n = 101) (mean; SD) |
Intervention P |
Comparison P |
Effect size (Cohen’s d) |
|
| SF-36 | ||||||||
| PCS score | 47.6; 10.3 | 48.2; 10.8 | 0.6 | 49.5; 8.6 | 50.5; 10.5 | 0.1 | 0.06 | 0.10 |
| MCS score | 27.6; 11.5 | 29.7; 15.1 | 0.2 | 34.2; 13.0 | 30.9; 14.3 | 0.001 | 0.1 | 0.24 |
| (n = 163) | (n = 146) | P | (n = 129) | (n = 123) | P | P | ||
| K10 score | 31.7; 8.6 | 31.6; 8.9 | 0.9 | 29.4; 8.3 | 29.8; 9.0 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.05 |
| (n = 111) | (n = 104) | Pa | ||||||
| CSQ-8 score | 25.2; 3.3 | 24.1; 3.7 | 0.02 | 0.31 | ||||
SD Standard deviation, CSQ-8 Client Satisfaction Questionnaire, SF-36 Short Form Health Survey, PCS physical component summary scores, MCS mental component summary scores, K10 Kessler Psychological Distress Scale
a Independent samples t-test
b Paired t-test