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  • Title: [Stance toward psychosomatic rehabilitation: development of a patient-questionnaire].
    Author: Karpinski N, Lange M, Petermann F, Hessel A, Lampe P, Best M.
    Journal: Rehabilitation (Stuttg); 2009 Oct; 48(5):263-9. PubMed ID: 19847721.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The transition from home to psychosomatic rehabilitation is problematic for many patients. They show little treatment motivation because of insufficient information and fear of stigmatization. Pre-treatment seeks to reduce these problems. The patient-questionnaire for stance toward psychosomatic rehabilitation was developed and tested for performance criteria. METHODS: A German statutory pension insurance scheme sample of psychosomatic rehabilitation patients (n=317) were recruited for testing psychosometric attributes and were questioned before and after pre-treatment. To determine whether the questionnaire can show clinically relevant changes, 124 patients with pre-information were compared with 88 patients without intervention. Additionally, clinically relevant changes for patients without knowledge of psychosomatic rehabilitation (n=70) were analyzed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Factor analysis shows a three factor solution with ten items. The discriminatory power was good. High reliability was found for two factors and lower reliability for one factor. The patient-questionnaire for stance toward psychosomatic rehabilitation contains three scales: "knowledge", "confidence", and "motivation", and can be characterized as a reliable and economic instrument. After pre-treatment a general improvement was observed regarding patients' stance toward psychosomatic rehabilitation. The analyses result in significantly higher mean for patients with pre-treatment. Patients without previous information showed less "confidence" and "motivation". Pre-treatment can have a positive impact on the stance toward psychosomatic rehabilitation.
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