Table 3: Illness perception in the intervention and control group when the measurements M1, M2 and M3 are combined.
| Item Scale from 0 = not at all to 10 = very much |
Intervention group n = 24 | Control group n = 41-45 depending on measurement point | ||||
| Mean | Md | StDev | Mean | Md | StDev | |
| How much does the illness affect your everyday life? | 5.29 | 5.00 | 3.17 | 6.16 | 7.00 | 3.20 |
| How long do you think the illness will take? | 3.25 | 3.00 | 2.01 | 4.80 | 5.00 | 2.91 |
| How much do you think you can control the illness? | 5.04 | 5.00 | 2.93 | 5.30 | 6.00 | 3.04 |
| How much do you think the care alternatives help in your case?* | 8.9 | 9.00 | 1.16 | 9.19 | 9.00 | 1.03 |
| How much do you perceive symptoms? | 2.96 | 2.00 | 1.85 | 4.02 | 4.00 | 3.01 |
| How worried are you about the illness? | 4.50 | 4.00 | 2.96 | 5.67 | 5.00 | 3.20 |
| How well do you perceive you understand the illness?* | 8.63 | 9.00 | 1.66 | 8.53 | 9.00 | 1.40 |
| How much does the illness affect you emotionally? | 5.00 | 5.50 | 3.19 | 4.86 | 4.00 | 3.11 |
| Sum | 3.55 | 3.88 | 1.60 | 4.09 | 3.88 | 1.74 |
*Reversed in the sum analysis.