6-month follow-up of psychological distress and alcohol use problems of surgical patients with interest in psychotherapy (n = 193) and surgical patients without interest in psychotherapy (n = 964).⁺

+<p>Repeated measures ANCOVA; estimated marginal means (EMM) and standard error of the mean (SEM); statistical significance of Bonferroni correction: p<0.0041; T1 (preoperative baseline assessment) and T2 (postoperative 6 months follow-up) as within-subject factors, therapy interest as between subject factor; covariate: age; additional between-subject factors: gender and partnership status.</p>++<p>Number ranges for the specific variables from 173 to 187 (patients interested in therapy contacts), and from 878 to 938 (patients not interested in therapy contacts) because of missing data</p>a)<p>BSI: Brief Symptom Inventory; GSI: General severity index</p>b)<p>Visual analogue scale of the EQ-5D, 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating better subjective health</p>c)<p>WHO-5: World Health Organization 5-item Well-Being Index</p>d)<p>PHQ-2: Patient Health Questionnaire-4, depression subscale</p>e)<p>CES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale</p>f)<p>GAD-2: Patient Health Questionnaire-4, anxiety subscale</p>g)<p>AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, AUDIT-C: AUDIT subscore for score for risky alcohol consumption