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Objective
We compared gynecological and breast cancer patients regarding their needs for information and psychosocial support, quality of life (QoL), and emotional distress and the relationship among these constructs.
Methods
In a multicenter, cross-sectional study in Germany, we evaluated 1214 female cancer patients (317 with gynecological cancer...
Information needs in cancer patients are high but often not fulfilled. This study aimed to examine the level of perceived information, information satisfaction, and unmet needs in a large sample of cancer patients. Further, we explored associations with emotional distress and quality of life accounting for gender.
In a multicenter, cross-sectional...
This study aimed to examine whether depressive symptoms and performance status are independent predictors of both the physical and psychological domains of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in cancer patients.
A sample of 4020 cancer patients (mean age 58 years, 51% women) was evaluated. Depressive symptoms were measured with the patient healt...
Purpose:
To provide the 4-week prevalence estimates of mental disorders in cancer populations.
Patients and methods:
We enrolled adult patients with cancer from in- and outpatient care facilities, using a proportional stratified random sample based on the nationwide cancer incidence in Germany. Patients who scored 9 or above on the Patient Healt...
PURPOSEThis study aimed to evaluate the effects of psycho-oncologic interventions on emotional distress and quality of life in adult patients with cancer. METHODS
Literature databases were searched to identify randomized controlled trials that compared a psycho-oncologic intervention delivered face-to face with a control condition. The main outcome...
An inventory that measures emotions towards God (EtG) proves to be valid. The inventory consists of 16 items that cover emotions that subjects most likely experience in relation to God. The factorial structure of the inventory is described, and the inventory is validated by exploring correlations with a number of conceptually close and remote varia...
To bridge the gap between science and practice in mental health care, scientific methods need to be developed that have direct applications in clinical practice. Studies that report ‘average’ effects document the efficacy of psychotherapy but have limited implications for decision making in clinical practice. Although it is very unlikely that stati...
Long-term outcomes of gastric banding regarding depression and predictors of change in depression are still unclear. This prospective, controlled study investigated depression and self-acceptance in morbidly obese patients before and after gastric banding.
A total of 248 morbidly obese patients (mean body mass index [BMI] = 46.4, SD = 6.9) seeking...
The authors developed the Theistic Spiritual Outcome Survey (TSOS) to measure the spiritual outcomes of psychotherapy from a theistic spiritual perspective. A 17-item version of the TSOS was found to have adequate reliability and validity in a sample of college students. Three factors emerged from the analyses that corresponded to the Love of God,...
This paper reports results from the European collaboration COST Action B6 concerning the effectiveness of services for eating-disordered patients delivered under routine conditions in Europe. The symptomatic status of roughly 2000 patients from 12 European countries was measured at the beginning and end of psychotherapeutic treatment as well as 1 y...
Anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) not infrequently take a chronic course during which remission is followed by relapse, sometimes repeatedly. For AN as well as BN, substantial interindividual differences have been observed in long-term course and relapse rates. Attempts to identify consistent predictors of relapse have not been very su...
In this paper, we report on the similarities and differences between patients with eating disorders and the services provided to them across 80 centres participating in a European collaboration (COST Action B6). Differences in patient characteristics as well as differences in treatment regimen, especially length of treatment, are described. The rel...
In a consensus-building process a group of experts from 19 European countries (COST Action B6) adapted the terms partial and full remission, relapse, recovery, and recurrence according to principles described by Frank et al. for depression. The empirical validity of the operationalizations was illustrated by longitudinal data on the post treatment...
Zusammenfassung.Theoretischer Hintergrund: Routinemäßige Qualitätssicherung psychotherapeutischer Versorgung erfordert Instrumente zur unaufwendigen, aber zuverlässigen Erfassung von Behandlungsergebnissen. Fragestellung: Ziel der Studie ist eine deutsche Adaptation (EB-45) des in den USA bewährten Outcome Questionnaire 45.2. Methode: Der EB-45 wur...
The present study investigates (a) factors that determine length of treatment and (b) the effect of treatment duration and other factors on outcome for patients with eating disorders. In this observational study, the symptomatic status of 1,171 patients was observed for 2.5 years after admission to 1 of 43 participating hospitals. Treatment and out...
The authors present the Stuttgart-Heidelberg Model for quality management of psychotherapy. The system is characterized as an active internal approach with external support from researchers. Problem-solving activities are initiated and maintained by computer-assisted feedback on possible treatment shortcomings. The system provides support for the 3...
The authors present the Stuttgart–Heidelberg Model for quality management of psychotherapy. The system is characterized as an active internal approach with external support from researchers. Problem-solving activities are initiated and maintained by computer-assisted feedback on possible treatment shortcomings. The system provides support for the 3...
Diese Arbeit unterbreitet den Vorschlag, bei der Planung und routinemäßigen Evaluation psychotherapeutischer Behandlungen innerhalb eines Qualitätsmanagements (QM) die Entwicklung des frühen Therapieverlaufs mit einzubeziehen. Die Abwägung der Erfolgschancen der Patienten kann mit Hilfe der Hinzunahme des Konzeptes des 'Ansprechens auf Therapie' bz...
In 1997 the COST B6 European Collaboration, which includes researchers from 19 European countries, began to develop a system of quality management to be used in the treatment of eating disorders. The system which arose out of this collaboration is presented in the current article. It is an extension of the ‘Heidelberg–Stuttgart Model’ of quality ma...
Im Anschluß an die Entwicklungen im Rahmen der Evaluations- und Organisationsstudie 1995 (EOS 4) war das Ziel der Evaluationsstudie während der Lindauer Psychotherapiewochen 1996 (EOS 5) die weitere Implementation, Adaptation und Optimierung des mehrstufigen Qualitätssicherungskonzepts zum kontinuierlichen Monitoring von Aus-, Weiter- und Fortbildu...
Die Evaluation therapeutischer Prozesse, sowohl psychotherapeutisch als auch medicamentös induziert, erfolgte auf einer kognitiv-verhaltenstherapeutisch orientierten, allgemeinpsychiatrischen 18-Betten-Station. Das therapeutische Setting bestand neben Ergo-, Gestalt-, Musik- und konzentrativer Bewegungstherapie aus einem kognitiven Training, einer...
Das Ziel der Evaluations- und Organisationsstudie EOS 4 war es, eine Evaluation der Veranstaltungen der Lindauer Psychotherapiewochen 1995 durchzuführen. Dafür wurden für Seminare, Kurse und Übungen spezifische Auswertungen vorgenommen. Den Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern der Lindauer Psychotherapiewochen 1995 wurde eine grafisch aufbereitete Rüc...
