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Comparison of psychological outcomes between invited and non-invited participants. All values are means (SD). |
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| Invited (n = 77)* |
Non-invited (n = 168)* |
p-value from t-test |
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| STAI anxiety (range 20–80) |
37.6 (12.2) |
34.1 (12.1) |
0.015 |
| Self-perceived health; range (1 to 5)** |
2.97 (0.86) |
2.95 (0.87) |
0.82 |
| Illness representation subscales; (range 1 to 5) |
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| - Acute/chronic illness |
3.95 (0.48) |
4.07 (0.46) |
0.07 |
| - Cyclic illness |
2.99 (0.42) |
2.93 (0.46) |
0.64 |
| - Consequences |
3.25 (0.47) |
3.40 (0.50) |
0.08 |
| - Personal consequences |
3.67 (0.44) |
3.70 (0.45) |
0.60 |
| - Treatment control |
3.60 (0.41) |
3.60 (0.43) |
0.87 |
| - Emotional representations |
2.58 (0.66) |
2.63 (0.75) |
0.74 |
| - Illness coherence |
3.10 (0.83) |
3.05 (0.86) |
0.98 |
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* Numbers may vary from those in Figure 1 due to non-response of questionnaires * *scored 1 = poor 2 = fair 3 = good 4 = very good 5 = excellent | |||
Park et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:350 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-350 |
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