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).+

+Repeated measures ANCOVA; estimated marginal means (EMM) and standard error of the mean (SEM); statistical significance of Bonferroni correction: 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 dataa)BSI: Brief Symptom Inventory; GSI: General severity indexb)Visual analogue scale of the EQ-5D, 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating better subjective healthc)WHO-5: World Health Organization 5-item Well-Being Indexd)PHQ-2: Patient Health Questionnaire-4, depression subscalee)CES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scalef)GAD-2: Patient Health Questionnaire-4, anxiety subscaleg)AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, AUDIT-C: AUDIT subscore for score for risky alcohol consumption