Table 4 Repeated measure ANCOVAs of 12-month follow-up measured by GAF and SF-36

ITT (N = 32)

GAF

60.62(6.36)

66.41(6.74)^a

71.22(9.16)^{b, c}

21.44***

0.32

SF-36 PCS

42.23 (8.88)

48.21 (9.78)^a

46.97 (9.34)^b

6.71**

0.13

   Physical functioning

76.87(16.84)

84.53 (14.67)^a

84.53 (14.11)^b

8.28***

0.15

   Role physical

21.88(39.53)

60.16 (45.73)^a

59.38 (40.54)^b

11.39***

0.20

   Bodily pain

65.84(22.56)

70.73 (25.29)

74.06 (24.06)

1.87

0.04

   General health

39.78(14.92)

51.13 (20.59)^a

49.91 (19.64)^b

5.19**

0.10

SF-36 MCS

26.16 (9.70)

33.59 (11.20)^a

38.34 (11.63)^b

15.32***

0.25

   Vitality

26.41(14.66)

40.31 (19.10)^a

43.75 (19.76)^b

12.59***

0.22

   Social functioning

44.84(21.91)

60.55 (23.14)^a

68.75 (25.79)^b

10.51***

0.19

   Role emotional

13.54(31.52)

37.50 (42.12)^a

54.17 (43.79)^b

13.07***

0.22

   Mental health

38.13(16.51)

51.63 (18.16)^a

55.83 (18.80)^b

13.18***

0.22

Completers (N = 20)

GAF

60.24 (6.86)

66.48 (6.40)^a

73.81 (7.29)^{b, c}

25.99***

0.48

SF-36 PCS

43.80 (8.48)

50.32 (7.88)^a

48.18 (7.28)

5.10**

0.15

   Physical functioning

80.25(13.13)

89.50 (9.02)^a

89.00 (7.88)^b

12.31***

0.31

   Role physical

21.25(40.78)

57.50 (47.37)^a

56.25 (38.79)^b

5.75**

0.17

   Bodily pain

66.60 (24.30)

73.28 (27.40)

76.30 (26.75)

1.34

0.05

   General health

39.55 (16.17)

55.90 (22.06)^a

54.10 (21.19)^b

6.94**

0.27

SF-36 MCS

25.23 (9.77)

33.78 (11.06)^a

40.56 (10.71)^{b, c}

13.91***

0.33

   Vitality

25.50 (13.66)

42.25 (16.58)^a

47.25 (17.66)^b

10.78***

0.28

   Social functioning

48.00 (21.86)

61.87 (26.12)

73.13 (29.32)^b

8.69**

0.24

   Role emotional

13.33 (33.16)

40.00 (45.37)

63.33 (45.76)^{b, c}

11.23***

0.29

   Mental health

34.80 (16.68)

52.00 (16.57)^a

57.60 (17.38)^b

15.00**

0.35