TY - JOUR A1 - Schwaab, Bernhard A1 - Bjarnason-Wehrens, Birna A1 - Meng, Karin A1 - Albus, Christian A1 - Salzwedel, Annett A1 - Schmid, Jean-Paul A1 - Benzer, Werner A1 - Metz, Matthes A1 - Jensen, Katrin A1 - Rauch, Bernhard A1 - Bönner, Gerd A1 - Brzoska, Patrick A1 - Buhr-Schinner, Heike A1 - Charrier, Albrecht A1 - Cordes, Carsten A1 - Dörr, Gesine A1 - Eichler, Sarah A1 - Exner, Anne-Kathrin A1 - Fromm, Bernd A1 - Gielen, Stephan A1 - Glatz, Johannes A1 - Gohlke, Helmut A1 - Grilli, Maurizio A1 - Gysan, Detlef A1 - Härtel, Ursula A1 - Hahmann, Harry A1 - Herrmann-Lingen, Christoph A1 - Karger, Gabriele A1 - Karoff, Marthin A1 - Kiwus, Ulrich A1 - Knoglinger, Ernst A1 - Krusch, Christian-Wolfgang A1 - Langheim, Eike A1 - Mann, Johannes A1 - Max, Regina A1 - Metzendorf, Maria-Inti A1 - Nebel, Roland A1 - Niebauer, Josef A1 - Predel, Hans-Georg A1 - Preßler, Axel A1 - Razum, Oliver A1 - Reiss, Nils A1 - Saure, Daniel A1 - von Schacky, Clemens A1 - Schütt, Morten A1 - Schultz, Konrad A1 - Skoda, Eva-Maria A1 - Steube, Diethard A1 - Streibelt, Marco A1 - Stüttgen, Martin A1 - Stüttgen, Michaela A1 - Teufel, Martin A1 - Tschanz, Hansueli A1 - Völler, Heinz A1 - Vogel, Heiner A1 - Westphal, Ronja T1 - Cardiac rehabilitation in German speaking countries of Europe — evidence-based guidelines from Germany, Austria and Switzerland LLKardReha-DACH — part 2 JF - Journal of Clinical Medicine N2 - Background: Scientific guidelines have been developed to update and harmonize exercise based cardiac rehabilitation (ebCR) in German speaking countries. Key recommendations for ebCR indications have recently been published in part 1 of this journal. The present part 2 updates the evidence with respect to contents and delivery of ebCR in clinical practice, focusing on exercise training (ET), psychological interventions (PI), patient education (PE). In addition, special patients' groups and new developments, such as telemedical (Tele) or home-based ebCR, are discussed as well. Methods: Generation of evidence and search of literature have been described in part 1. Results: Well documented evidence confirms the prognostic significance of ET in patients with coronary artery disease. Positive clinical effects of ET are described in patients with congestive heart failure, heart valve surgery or intervention, adults with congenital heart disease, and peripheral arterial disease. Specific recommendations for risk stratification and adequate exercise prescription for continuous-, interval-, and strength training are given in detail. PI when added to ebCR did not show significant positive effects in general. There was a positive trend towards reduction in depressive symptoms for “distress management” and “lifestyle changes”. PE is able to increase patients’ knowledge and motivation, as well as behavior changes, regarding physical activity, dietary habits, and smoking cessation. The evidence for distinct ebCR programs in special patients’ groups is less clear. Studies on Tele-CR predominantly included low-risk patients. Hence, it is questionable, whether clinical results derived from studies in conventional ebCR may be transferred to Tele-CR. Conclusions: ET is the cornerstone of ebCR. Additional PI should be included, adjusted to the needs of the individual patient. PE is able to promote patients self-management, empowerment, and motivation. Diversity-sensitive structures should be established to interact with the needs of special patient groups and gender issues. Tele-CR should be further investigated as a valuable tool to implement ebCR more widely and effectively. KW - cardiac rehabilitation KW - scientific guidelines KW - secondary prevention KW - physical activity KW - exercise training KW - psychological interventions KW - education KW - gender KW - frailty KW - migration KW - old patients KW - young patients KW - tele-medicine KW - home-based-rehabilitation Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-242645 SN - 2077-0383 VL - 10 IS - 14 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Esser, Peter A1 - Mehnert‐Theuerkauf, Anja A1 - Friedrich, Michael A1 - Johansen, Christoffer A1 - Brähler, Elmar A1 - Faller, Hermann A1 - Härter, Martin A1 - Koch, Uwe A1 - Schulz, Holger A1 - Wegscheider, Karl A1 - Weis, Joachim A1 - Kuba, Katharina A1 - Hinz, Andreas A1 - Hartung, Tim T1 - Risk and associated factors of depression and anxiety in men with prostate cancer: Results from a German multicenter study JF - Psycho‐Oncology N2 - Objective In order to optimize psycho‐oncological care, studies that quantify the extent of distress and identify certain risk groups are needed. Among patients with prostate cancer (PCa), findings on depression and anxiety are limited. Methods We analyzed data of PCa patients selected from a German multi‐center study. Depression and anxiety were assessed with the PHQ‐9 and the GAD‐7 (cut‐off ≥7). We provided physical symptom burden, calculated absolute and relative risk (AR and RR) of depression and anxiety across patient subsets and between patients and the general population (GP) and tested age as a moderator within the relationship of disease‐specific symptoms with depression and anxiety. Results Among 636 participants, the majority reported disease‐specific problems (sexuality: 60%; urination: 52%). AR for depression and anxiety was 23% and 22%, respectively. Significant RR were small, with higher risks of distress in patients who are younger (eg, RR\(_{depression}\) = 1.15; 95%‐CI: 1.06‐1.26), treated with chemotherapy (RR\(_{depression}\)n = 1.46; 95%‐CI: 1.09‐1.96) or having metastases (RR\(_{depression}\) = 1.30; 95%‐CI: 1.02‐1.65). Risk of distress was slightly elevated compared to GP (eg, RR\(_{depression}\) = 1.13; 95%‐CI: 1.07‐1.19). Age moderated the relationship between symptoms and anxiety (B\(_{urination}\) = −0.10, P = .02; B\(_{sexuality}\) = −0.11, P = .01). Conclusions Younger patients, those with metastases or treatment with chemotherapy seem to be at elevated risk for distress and should be closely monitored. Many patients suffer from disease‐specific symptom burden, by which younger patients seem to be particularly distressed. Support of coping mechanisms associated with disease‐specific symptom burden seems warranted. KW - anxiety KW - cancer KW - depression KW - oncology KW - prostatic neoplasms Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-218277 VL - 29 IS - 10 SP - 1604 EP - 1612 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stangl, Stephanie A1 - Haas, Kirsten A1 - Eichner, Felizitas A. A1 - Grau, Anna A1 - Selig, Udo A1 - Ludwig, Timo A1 - Fehm, Tanja A1 - Stübner, Tanja A1 - Rashid, Asarnusch A1 - Kerscher, Alexander A1 - Bargou, Ralf A1 - Hermann, Silke A1 - Arndt, Volker A1 - Meyer, Martin A1 - Wildner, Manfred A1 - Faller, Hermann A1 - Schrauder, Michael G. A1 - Weigel, Michael A1 - Schlembach, Ulrich A1 - Heuschmann, Peter U. A1 - Wöckel, Achim T1 - Development and proof-of-concept of a multicenter, patient-centered cancer registry for breast cancer patients with metastatic disease — the “Breast cancer care for patients with metastatic disease” (BRE-4-MED) registry JF - Pilot and Feasibility Studies N2 - Background: Patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) are treated with a palliative approach with focus oncontrolling for disease symptoms and maintaining high quality of life. Information on individual needs of patients andtheir relatives as well as on treatment patterns in clinical routine care for this specific patient group are lacking or arenot routinely documented in established Cancer Registries. Thus, we developed a registry concept specifically adaptedfor these incurable patients comprising primary and secondary data as well as mobile-health (m-health) data. Methods: The concept for patient-centered “Breast cancer care for patients with metastatic disease”(BRE-4-MED)registry was developed and piloted exemplarily in the region of Main-Franconia, a mainly rural region in Germanycomprising about 1.3 M inhabitants. The registry concept includes data on diagnosis, therapy, progression, patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), and needs of family members from several sources of information includingroutine data from established Cancer Registries in different federal states, treating physicians in hospital as well as inoutpatient settings, patients with metastatic breast cancer and their family members. Linkage with routine cancerregistry data was performed to collect secondary data on diagnosis, therapy, and progression. Paper and online-basedquestionnaires were used to assess PROMs. A dedicated mobile application software (APP) was developed to monitorneeds, progression, and therapy change of individual patients. Patient’s acceptance and feasibility of data collection inclinical routine was assessed within a proof-of-concept study. Results: The concept for the BRE-4-MED registry was developed and piloted between September 2017 and May 2018.In total n= 31 patients were included in the pilot study, n= 22 patients were followed up after 1 month. Recordlinkage with the Cancer Registries of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg demonstrated to be feasible. The voluntary APP/online questionnaire was used by n= 7 participants. The feasibility of the registry concept in clinical routine waspositively evaluated by the participating hospitals. Conclusion: The concept of the BRE-4-MED registry provides evidence that combinatorial evaluation of PROMs, needsof family members, and raising clinical parameters from primary and secondary data sources as well as m-healthapplications are feasible and accepted in an incurable cancer collective. KW - Metastatic breast cancer KW - Patient-centered registry KW - Patient’s needs KW - m-Health KW - Health care service research Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-229149 VL - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lukasczik, Matthias A1 - Gerlich, Christian A1 - Wolf, Hans Dieter A1 - Vogel, Heiner T1 - Beyond oncology: question prompt lists in healthcare — A scoping review protocol JF - Methods and Protocols N2 - Question prompt lists (QPL) are an instrument to promote patient participation in medical encounters by providing a set of questions patients can use during consultations. QPL have predominantly been examined in oncology. Less is known about their use in other contexts. Therefore, we plan to conduct a scoping review to provide an overview of the fields of healthcare in which QPL have been developed and evaluated. MEDLINE/PUBMED, PSYCINFO, PSYNDEX, WEB OF SCIENCE, and CINAHL will be systematically searched. Primary studies from different healthcare contexts that address the following participants/target groups will be included: persons with an acute, chronic, or recurring health condition other than cancer; healthy persons in non-oncological primary preventive measures. There will be no restrictions in terms of study design, sample size, or outcomes. However, only published studies will be included. Studies that were published in English and German between 1990 and 2019 will be examined. Two independent reviewers will apply defined inclusion/exclusion criteria and determine study eligibility in the review process guided by the PRISMA statement. KW - question prompt list KW - patient participation KW - scoping review KW - decision support techniques KW - literature search KW - non-oncological Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-200832 SN - 2409-9279 VL - 3 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schuler, Michael A1 - Murauer, Kathrin A1 - Stangl, Stephanie A1 - Grau, Anna A1 - Gabriel, Katharina A1 - Podger, Lauren A1 - Heuschmann, Peter U. A1 - Faller, Hermann T1 - Pre-post changes in main outcomes of medical rehabilitation in Germany: protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant and aggregated data JF - BMJ Open N2 - Introduction Multidisciplinary, complex rehabilitation interventions are an important part of the treatment of chronic diseases. However, little is known about the effectiveness of routine rehabilitation interventions within the German healthcare system. Due to the nature of the social insurance system in Germany, randomised controlled trials examining the effects of rehabilitation interventions are challenging to implement and scarcely accessible. Consequently, alternative pre-post designs can be employed to assess pre-post effects of medical rehabilitation programmes. We present a protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis methods to assess the pre-post effects of rehabilitation interventions in Germany. Methods and analysis The respective study will be conducted within the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines. A systematic literature review will be conducted to identify studies reporting the pre-post effects (start of intervention vs end of intervention or later) in German healthcare. Studies investigating the following disease groups will be included: orthopaedics, rheumatology, oncology, pulmonology, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology and psychosomatics. The primary outcomes of interest are physical/mental quality of life, physical functioning and social participation for all disease groups as well as pain (orthopaedic and rheumatologic patients only), blood pressure (cardiac patients only), asthma control (patients with asthma only), dyspnoea (patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease only) and depression/anxiety (psychosomatic patients only). We will invite the principal investigators of the identified studies to provide additional individual patient data. We aim to perform the meta-analyses using individual patient data as well as aggregate data. We will examine the effects of both study-level and patient-level moderators by using a meta-regression method. Ethics and dissemination Only studies that have received institutional approval from an ethics committee and present anonymised individual patient data will be included in the meta-analysis. The results will be presented in a peer-reviewed publication and at research conferences. A declaration of no objection by the ethics committee of the University of Würzburg is available (number 20180411 01). KW - medical rehabilitation Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-201929 VL - 9 IS - 5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tsiligianni, Ioanna G. A1 - Alma, Harma J. A1 - Kocks, Janwillem W. H. A1 - de Jong, Corina A1 - Jelusic, Danijel A1 - Wittmann, Michael A1 - Schuler, Michael A1 - Schultz, Konrad A1 - Kollen, Boudewijn J. A1 - van der Molen, Thys T1 - Investigating sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire, COPD Assessment Test, and Modified Medical Research Council scale according to GOLD using St George's Respiratory Questionnaire cutoff 25 (and 20) as reference JF - International Journal of COPD N2 - Background: In the GOLD (Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) strategy document, the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ), COPD Assessment Test (CAT), or modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale are recommended for the assessment of symptoms using the cutoff points of CCQ ≥1, CAT ≥10, and mMRC scale ≥2 to indicate symptomatic patients. The current study investigates the criterion validity of the CCQ, CAT and mMRC scale based on a reference cutoff point of St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) ≥25, as suggested by GOLD, following sensitivity and specificity analysis. In addition, areas under the curve (AUCs) of the CCQ, CAT, and mMRC scale were compared using two SGRQ cutoff points (≥25 and ≥20). Materials and methods: Two data sets were used: study A, 238 patients from a pulmonary rehabilitation program; and study B, 101 patients from primary care. Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to assess the correspondence between the recommended cutoff points of the questionnaires. Results: Sensitivity, specificity, and AUC scores for cutoff point SGRQ ≥25 were: study A, 0.99, 0.43, and 0.96 for CCQ ≥1, 0.92, 0.48, and 0.89 for CAT ≥10, and 0.68, 0.91, and 0.91 for mMRC ≥2; study B, 0.87, 0.77, and 0.9 for CCQ ≥1, 0.76, 0.73, and 0.82 for CAT ≥10, and 0.21, 1, and 0.81 for mMRC ≥2. Sensitivity, specificity, and AUC scores for cutoff point SGRQ ≥20 were: study A, 0.99, 0.73, and 0.99 for CCQ ≥1, 0.91, 0.73, and 0.94 for CAT ≥10, and 0.66, 0.95, and 0.94 for mMRC ≥2; study B, 0.8, 0.89, and 0.89 for CCQ ≥1, 0.69, 0.78, and 0.8 for CAT ≥10, and 0.18, 1, and 0.81 for mMRC ≥2. Conclusion: Based on data from these two different samples, this study showed that the suggested cutoff point for the SGRQ (≥25) did not seem to correspond well with the established cutoff points of the CCQ or CAT scales, resulting in low specificity levels. The correspondence with the mMRC scale seemed satisfactory, though not optimal. The SGRQ threshold of ≥20 corresponded slightly better than SGRQ ≥25, recently suggested by GOLD 2015, with the established cutoff points for the CCQ, CAT, and mMRC scale. KW - pulmonary disease KW - chronic obstructive KW - health status Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-165427 VL - 11 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Strahl, André A1 - Gerlich, Christian A1 - Alpers, Georg W. A1 - Gehrke, Jörg A1 - Müller-Garnn, Annette A1 - Vogel, Heiner T1 - An instrument for quality assurance in work capacity evaluation: development, evaluation, and inter-rater reliability JF - BMC Health Services Research N2 - Background: Employees insured in pension insurance, who are incapable of working due to ill health, are entitled to a disability pension. To assess whether an individual meets the medical requirements to be considered as disabled, a work capacity evaluation is conducted. However, there are no official guidelines on how to perform an external quality assurance for this evaluation process. Furthermore, the quality of medical reports in the field of insurance medicine can vary substantially, and systematic evaluations are scarce. Reliability studies using peer review have repeatedly shown insufficient ability to distinguish between high, moderate and low quality. Considering literature recommendations, we developed an instrument to examine the quality of medical experts’reports. Methods: The peer review manual developed contains six quality domains (formal structure, clarity, transparency, completeness, medical-scientific principles, and efficiency) comprising 22 items. In addition, a superordinate criterion (survey confirmability) rank the overall quality and usefulness of a report. This criterion evaluates problems of innerlogic and reasoning. Development of the manual was assisted by experienced physicians in a pre-test. We examined the observable variance in peer judgements and reliability as the most important outcome criteria. To evaluate inter-rater reliability, 20 anonymous experts’ reports detailing the work capacity evaluation were reviewed by 19 trained raters (peers). Percentage agreement and Kendall’s W, a reliability measure of concordance between two or more peers, were calculated. A total of 325 reviews were conducted. Results: Agreement of peer judgements with respect to the superordinate criterion ranged from 29.2 to 87.5%. Kendall’s W for the quality domain items varied greatly, ranging from 0.09 to 0.88. With respect to the superordinate criterion, Kendall’s W was 0.39, which indicates fair agreement. The results of the percentage agreement revealed systemic peer preferences for certain deficit scale categories. Conclusion: The superordinate criterion was not sufficiently reliable. However, in comparison to other reliability studies, this criterion showed an equivalent reliability value. This report aims to encourage further efforts to improve evaluation instruments. To reduce disagreement between peer judgments, we propose the revision of the peer review instrumentand the development and implementation of a standardized rater training to improve reliability. KW - work capacity evaluation KW - insurance medicine KW - quality assurance KW - peer review KW - reliability Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-200289 VL - 19 ER - TY - THES A1 - Brüser, Judith T1 - Prüfung der Effektivität eines interdisziplinären psychokardiologischen Behandlungsprogrammes auf die Reduktion von Depressivität, Angst und Panik und die Verbesserung der gesundheitsbezogenen Lebensqualität bei psychisch belasteten kardiologischen Rehabilitanden T1 - Examination of the Effectiveness of an Interdisciplinary Psychocardiological Treatment Programme for the Reduction of Depressivity, Anxiety, and Panic and the Improvement of the Health-Related Quality of Life in Psychologically burdened Cardiological Rehabilitants N2 - In dieser Arbeit wurde geprüft, ob ein leitlinienkonformes psychokardiologisches Behandlungskonzept einer herkömmlichen kardiologischen Behandlung bei psychisch belasteten kardiologischen Rehabilitanden in der Reduktion von Angst, Depression und Panik (primäre Zielkriterien) und einer Verbesserung der gesundheitsbezogenen Lebensqualität (sekundäre Zielparameter) überlegen ist. In der Nebenfragstellung wurden Unterschiede in der Wirksamkeit der Intervention in Abhängigkeit vom Geschlecht explorativ geprüft. Die Fragestellungen wurden mit einem quasiexperimentellen Studiendesign mit sequentiell aufeinanderfolgenden Kohorten untersucht. Die Zielparameter wurden zu Rehabeginn, -ende und 6 Monate nach Entlassung mit validierten Fragebögen (PHQ-9, PHQ-Panik, GAD-7 und MacNew Heart Disease-Fragebogen) erfasst. Die Hauptanalyse ergab einen kleinen signifikanten Intergruppeneffekt für den Zielparameter Depressivität zugunsten der Kontrollgruppe zu Rehaende und in der Katamnese keine signifikanten Unterschiede im Behandlungserfolg beider Studienbedingungen mehr. Die Moderatoranalyse ergab kleine Interaktionseffekte zwischen Intervention und Geschlecht für Angst und die gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität zu beiden Folgemess-zeitpunkten. Deskriptiv zeigte sich der Trend, dass Frauen von der Interventionsbedingung schlechter, Männer hingegen besser profitierten. Für die mangelnde Überlegenheit des Interventionsprogrammes kommen vielfältige Aspekte in Frage, die methodisch das sequentiell aufeinanderfolgenden Behandlungsdesign betreffen sowie interventionsbezogen die Ausschöpfung der Therapieressourcen, den Zeitpunkt des Behandlungsbeginns, die Behandlungsdauer, die Berücksichtigung spezifischer Patientenbedürfnisse und auch die Möglichkeit einer ungünstigen Wirkung von Psychotherapie. Ferner war die statistische Power und damit die Aussagekraft der Studie einschränkt. Als Fazit unterliegen noch vielfältige Einflussgrößen gezieltem Forschungsbedarf. N2 - In this study, it was examined whether a guideline-conforming psychocardiological treatment concept is superior to conventional cardiological treatment for psychologically burdened cardiological rehabilitants in the reduction of anxiety, depression, and panic (primary target criteria) and an improvement of the health-related quality of life (secondary target parameters). In the supplementary question, differences in the effectiveness of the intervention depending on gender were exploratively examined. The questions were investigated with a quasiexperimental study design with sequentially consecutive cohorts. Target parameters were assessed at the start and end of rehabilitation and 6 months after discharge using validated questionnaires (PHQ-9, PHQ-Panic, GAD-7, and MacNew Heart Disease Questionnaire). The main analysis showed a small significant intergroup effect for the target parameter depressivity in favour of the control group at the end of rehabilitation and no significant in the treatment success of both study conditions in the catamnesis. The moderator analysis revealed small interaction effects between intervention and gender for anxiety and health-related quality of life at both follow-up measurement points. Descriptively, the trend showed that women benefited less from the intervention condition than men. For the lack of superiority of the intervention programme, various aspects can be considered, which methodically concern the sequentially successive treatment design as well as the exhaustive use of therapy resources, the time of the onset of treatment, the duration of treatment, the consideration of specific patient needs, and also the possibility of an unfavourable effect of psychotherapy. Furthermore, the statistical power and thus the significance of the study was limited. In conclusion, a wide range of influencing variables are still subject to a targeted need for research. KW - Depression KW - Angstsyndrom KW - Lebensqualität KW - Klinische Psychotherapie KW - Herzkrankheit KW - Psychokardiologische Behandlung KW - Angst/Panik KW - gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität KW - kardiologische Rehabilitation KW - psychological treatment KW - depression KW - anxiety/panic KW - health-related quality of life KW - cardiac rehabilitation Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-198233 ER - TY - THES A1 - Tönsmann, Johannes T1 - Der Zusammenhang zwischen Lebensqualität bzw. sozialer Unterstützung und dem Bedürfnis nach bzw. der Inanspruchnahme von psychosozialer Unterstützung T1 - The correlation between quality of life and social support on the one hand and the need for and the utilization of psychosocial support on the other hand N2 - Ziel der Arbeit war die Untersuchung eines möglichen Zusammenhangs zwischen Lebensqualität bzw. sozialer Unterstützung und dem Bedürfnis nach bzw. der Inanspruchnahme von psychosozialer Unterstützung bei Tumorpatienten. Die Datenerhebung erfolgte im Rahmen einer deutschlandweiten Multicenterstudie am Studienstandort Würzburg. Eingeschlossen wurden 128 Patienten mit Melanom, gynäkologischen und gastrointestinalen Tumoren. Die Studiendaten wurden mittels Fragebögen erhoben. Hierzu zählten der SF-12-Fragebogen zur Lebensqualität, der SSUK-8-Fragebogen zur sozialen Unterstützung und jeweils ein Fragebogen zum Bedürfnis und zur Inanspruchnahme psychosozialer Unterstützung. Ein Zusammenhang ergab sich zwischen psychischer Lebensqualität und dem Bedürfnis nach psychosozialer Unterstützung. Patienten, die ein Bedürfnis nach psychosozialer Unterstützung äußerten, wiesen eine signifikant niedrigere psychische Lebensqualität auf. Ebenso konnte ein Zusammenhang zwischen der Inanspruchnahme psychosozialer Unterstützung und der Lebensqualität gesehen werden. Patienten, die psychosoziale Unterstützungsangebote in Anspruch genommen hatten, wiesen eine niedrigere körperliche und psychische Lebensqualität auf. Es konnten keine Zusammenhänge zwischen positiver sozialer Unterstützung und dem Bedürfnis nach bzw. der Inanspruchnahme von psychosozialer Unterstützung gesehen werden. N2 - The aim of this paper was to investigate a possible correlation between quality of life and social support and the need for and the utilization of psychosocial support in tumor patients. The data were collected as part of a Germany-wide multicentre study. The data were collected in Würzburg. Included were 128 patients with melanoma, gynecological and gastrointestinal tumors. The study data were collected by questionnaires. These included the SF-12 quality of life questionnaire, the SSUK-8 social support questionnaire and a questionnaire on the need for and the utilization of psychosocial support. There was a correlation between mental quality of life and the need for psychosocial support. Patients who expressed a need for psychosocial support had a significantly lower mental quality of life. We also found a connection between the utilization of psychosocial support and the health-related quality of life. Patients who had used psychosocial support services had a lower physical and mental quality of life. No correlation could be found between positive social support and the need for or the utilization of psychosocial support. KW - Krebs KW - Soziale Unterstützung KW - Lebensqualität KW - Bedürfnis KW - Inanspruchnahme KW - Psychoonkologie KW - Melanom KW - Brustkrebs KW - gastrointestinale Tumore KW - psychosoziale Unterstützung KW - quality of life KW - needs KW - psychosocial support KW - social support KW - utilization Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-183975 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alma, Harma A1 - de Jong, Corina A1 - Jelusic, Danijel A1 - Wittmann, Michael A1 - Schuler, Michael A1 - Flokstra-de Blok, Bertine A1 - Kocks, Janwillem A1 - Schultz, Konrad A1 - van der Molen, Thys T1 - Health status instruments for patients with COPD in pulmonary rehabilitation: defining a minimal clinically important difference JF - npj Primary Care Respiration Medicine N2 - The minimal clinically important difference (MCID) defines to what extent change on a health status instrument is clinically relevant, which aids scientists and physicians in measuring therapy effects. This is the first study that aimed to establish the MCID of the Clinical chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Questionnaire (CCQ), the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) and the St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) in the same pulmonary rehabilitation population using multiple approaches. In total, 451 COPD patients participated in a 3-week Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) programme (58 years, 65% male, 43 pack-years, GOLD stage II/III/IV 50/39/11%). Techniques used to assess the MCID were anchor-based approaches, including patient-referencing, criterion-referencing and questionnaire-referencing, and the distribution-based methods standard error of measurement (SEM), 1.96SEM and half standard deviation (0.5s.d.). Patient- and criterion-referencing led to MCID estimates of 0.56 and 0.62 (CCQ); 3.12 and 2.96 (CAT); and 8.40 and 9.28 (SGRQ). Questionnaire-referencing suggested MCID ranges of 0.28–0.61 (CCQ), 1.46–3.08 (CAT) and 6.86–9.47 (SGRQ). The SEM, 1.96SEM and 0.5s.d. were 0.29, 0.56 and 0.46 (CCQ); 3.28, 6.43 and 2.80 (CAT); 5.20, 10.19 and 6.06 (SGRQ). Pooled estimates were 0.52 (CCQ), 3.29 (CAT) and 7.91 (SGRQ) for improvement. MCID estimates differed depending on the method used. Pooled estimates suggest clinically relevant improvements needing to exceed 0.40 on the CCQ, 3.00 on the CAT and 7.00 on the SGRQ for moderate to very severe COPD patients. The MCIDs of the CAT and SGRQ in the literature might be too low, leading to overestimation of treatment effects for patients with COPD. KW - COPD KW - rehabilitation KW - health status instruments Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-166327 VL - 26 IS - 16041 ER -