Table 2.

Questionnaire scores at the beginning (T0) and after four sessions of the brief psychodynamic intervention (T1) and stability over time

Variable	T0		T1		Stability over time
	M (SD)	α	M (SD)	α	r	d
Primary outcome
General functioning	80.16 (24.02)	0.92	64.54 (27.01)	0.94	0.624**	0.70**
Secondary outcomes
Depression	27.76 (12.22)	0.92	16.22 (11.90)	0.94	0.630**	1.11**
Anxiety	21.61 (12.88)	0.92	14.28 (12.56)	0.94	0.648**	0.69**
Personal burnout	19.96 (5.06)	0.82	17.69 (5.8)	0.89	0.592**	0.46**
Hopelessness	1.78 (0.95)	0.53	1.45 (1.05)	0.61	0.573**	0.35*

Abbreviations: α, Cronbach's alpha; d, Cohen's d; M, mean; r, Pearson's correlation; SD, standard deviation.

^* p < .01;

^** p < .001