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Change was analysed with repeated measures ANOVA. The association between change in MAIA and change in MHC-SF was explored with linear regression analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Both mental health (MHC-SF total score 28 to 33, p&amp;lt;0.001) and interoceptive awareness (MAIA score 88 to 92 p=0.045) increased after treatment. The improvement was mostly seen in the psychological and social wellbeing subscales of the MHC-SF and the self-regulation and body listening subscales of the MAIA. A higher pre- to post-treatment change on the MAIA was associated with a higher change on the MHC-SF (R2 = 0.352, B = 1.464, p &amp;lt; 0.001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study shows that patients with PSS 1 have lower mental health scores relative to general population norm, 2) seem to have reduced capacity for interoceptive awareness 3) improve in both areas after completing DIT for PSS and 4) shows that improvement in interoceptive awareness was associated with improvement in mental health. 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