Table 3 Effect of psychotherapy on patient’s quality of life.

From: Effect of psychotherapy on recurrence of events and quality of life in patients with vasovagal syncope

Therapeutic group

Baseline

1 year

P value

Physical functioning

68 ± 21.1

73 ± 19.9

 < 0.01

Role-physical

40 ± 28.5

60 ± 28.5

 < 0.01

Bodily pain

40.6 ± 18.2

70.6 ± 17.6

 < 0.01

General health

44.8 ± 13.8

73 ± 11.4

 < 0.01

Vitality

43 ± 5.7

59 ± 6.5

 < 0.01

Social functioning

37.5 ± 12.5

62.5 ± 8.8

 < 0.01

Role-emotional

26.7 ± 27.9

86.7 ± 18.3

 < 0.01

Mental health

52 ± 16.2

77.6 ± 9.2

 < 0.01

Average

44.1 ± 10.0

70.3 ± 10.3

 < 0.01

Control group

Baseline

1 year

P value

Physical functioning

68 ± 13.5

63 ± 15.2

 < 0.01

Role-physical

50 ± 17.7

35 ± 28.5

0.20

Bodily pain

51.6 ± 13.5

49.4 ± 8.8

0.81

General health

45.6 ± 19.6

46.6 ± 21

0.31

Vitality

46 ± 11.9

45 ± 13.7

0.85

Social functioning

52.5 ± 18.5

47.5 ± 16.3

0.54

Role-emotional

33.3 ± 23.6

33.3 ± 33.3

0.96

Mental health

52 ± 7.5

53.6 ± 10.8

0.63

Average

49.9 ± 6.6

46.7 ± 14.7

0.60

  1. Values are means ± SDs.