Group Variable	Initial assessment				Final assessment				Test
	Experimental	Control			Experimental		Control
	n	%			n		%
Psychological suffering $\bar{x}$ Md s x_min x_máx p	50.06 54.50 11.31 29 63 0.009	45.53 43.00 10.96 28 63 0.638			38.88 38.50 11.60 15 57 0.752		48.47 51.00 11.15 28 63 0.282		Exp. z = −3.520 p < 0.001 Cont. z = −2.950 p = 0.003
Teste Mann-Whitney	z = −1.127 p = 0.260				z = −2.256 p = 0.024
Physical suffering $\bar{x}$ Md s x_min x_máx p	22.94 26.00 6.71 8 30 0.017	21.07 20.00 5.90 12 29 0.108			17.00 16.00 5.77 7 29 0.575	22.07 22.00 5.23 13 29 0.443			Exp. z = −3.327 p = 0.001 Cont. z = −2.157 p = 0.031
Teste Mann-Whitney	z = −1.135 p = 0.256				z = −2.302 p = 0.021
Existential suffering $\bar{x}$ Md s x_min x_máx p	53.94 55.00 11.73 34 70 0.314		48.47 49.00 12.12 29 70 0.916		39.13 39.00 10.15 19 56 0.846		49.93 51.00 10.32 35 69 0.368		Exp. z = −3.520 p < 0.001 Cont. z = −1.146 p = 0.252
Teste Mann-Whitney	z = −1.089 p = 0.276				z = −2.434 p = 0.015
Suffering relational partner $\bar{x}$ Md S x_min x_máx p	26.75 27.50 6.05 16 35 0.458		23.33 22.00 5.62 14 35 0.392		24.00 25.50 7.89 8 35 0.657			23.73 22.00 4.37 17 31 0.443	Exp. z = −2.809 p = 0.005 Cont. z = −0.926 p = 0.354
Teste Mann-Whitney	z = −1.586 p = 0.113				z = −0.297 p = 0.766
Positive experiences of suffering $\bar{x}$ Md s x_min x_máx p	16.00 14.00 4.75 10 24 0.019		16.67 16.00 5.30 7 25 0.904		17.31 16.50 3.94 12 25 0.095		17.53 17.00 4.87 8 25 0.891		Exp. z = −1.454 p = 0.146 Cont. z = −2.032 p = 0.042
Teste Mann-Whitney	z = −0.695 p = 0.487				z = −0.417 p = 0.677
Global suffering $\bar{x}$ Md s x_min x_máx p	158.69 164.50 31.47 95 206 0.174			143.33 144.00 30.49 92 192 0.715	123.38 122.50 32.07 54 165 0.379	148.80 157.00 28.34 110 190 0.119			Exp. z = −3.517 p < 0.001 Cont. z = −2.556 p = 0.011
Teste Mann-Whitney	z = −1.562 p = 0.118				z = −2.155 p = 0.030