Of the 885 that assessed for eligibility (see Figure 2), 184 (20.8%) met exclusion criteria, such as not speaking French (N=43), severe cognitive disturbances (N=27) or hospitalization for less than 3 days (N=28); 6.2% refused to participate (N=55). Of the remaining patients (N= 701), 64.8% (N=454) did not qualify as complex patients (INTERMED score < 20). The remaining 247 patients were randomized, 125 (84 rheumatology inpatients and 41 diabetes outpatients) to the intervention and 122 to care as usual (78 rheumatology inpatients and 44 diabetes outpatients). With regard to sociodemographics and baseline measurements (including the above mentioned strata of the rheumatology patients and the different types of diabetes), intervention and care as usual group did not differ at baseline (see Table 1). More than half of the sample (61% of the intervention group and 56% of the care as usual group) suffered from major depression.