Table 3.

Patient-specific aspects at measurement times T3 (3 months postop.) and T4 (6 months postop).

		T3			T4
Specific aspects		I (n = 22) M ± SD	C (n = 24) M ± SD	P Value	I (n = 22) M ± SD	C (n = 24) M ± SD	P Value
Nutritional behavior		4.14 (3.83)	6.71 (3.71)	0.0348	3.41(3.74)	5.96(3.83)	0.0265
Physical activity		4.09 (1.82)	2.67 (1.52)	0.0045	5.00 (2.23)	3.88(2.23)	0.0283
Knowledge topic nutrition		6.32 (2.68)	4.17 (2.86)	0.0128	6.32 (2.68)	4.33(3.03)	0.0229
Attentiveness nutrition		5.68 (1.89)	4.26 (1.98)	0.0097	4.96 (2.13)	4.25(1.48)	0.2041
Effect on physical recovery		6.18 (2.13)	5.06 (2.11)	0.0432	6.77 (2.51)	6.46(1.89)	0.6358
Effect on mental recovery		6.09 (2.37)	5.00 (2.19)	0.0332	6.64 (2.87)	5.96(2.18)	0.3755
Gastrointestinal complaints		1.73 (1.70)	3.50 (2.38)	0.0062	2.18 (1.82)	2.42 (2.00)	> 0.999
Muscular complaints		2.64 (2.99)	4.38 (3.21)	0.0448	2.82 (3.07)	3.67 (3.09)	0.2854
Cardiovascular complaints		2.09 (1.72)	2.00 (1.67)	0.7527	1.82 (1.33)	1.50 (1.06)	0.2221
Breathing complaints		2.96 (2.63)	2.50 (1.98)	0.7471	2.09 (1.61)	2.25 (1.54)	0.5538
Neurological complaints		1.27 (0.94)	2.29 (2.33)	0.0554	1.63 (1.29)	2.04 (2.12)	0.9447

Significant values are in italics.

M = mean, SD = standard deviation, I = intervention group, C = control group.