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AUTHOR
Jochen Ernst
Frequency of somatic symptoms in the general population: Normative values for the Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15).
The PHQ-15 is widely used as an open access screening instrument for somatic symptoms in different health care settings. The objectives of the study were to contribute to the construct validity and to generate normative data for the PHQ-15.The survey was conducted in the general population in Germany from August 2011 to November 2014 (n=9250). All participants underwent an extensive core assessment including a set of questionnaires.Men reported significantly less (p0.001) physical symptoms than women (4.6 [SD=3.6] vs. 6.3 [SD=4.1]). The PHQ-15 total score was strongly correlated with the physical component of quality of life (r=-0.58), fatigue (r=0.56), anxiety (r=0.54) and sleep problems (…
Struktur- und Prozessqualität in ambulanten psychosozialen Krebsberatungsstellen des Förderschwerpunktes „Psychosoziale Krebsberatung“ der Deutschen Krebshilfe
Ziel der Studie: Ziel der Studie ist es, Merkmale der Struktur- und der strukturnahen Prozessqualitat der psychosozialen Krebsberatung exemplarisch fur eine Stichprobe von 28 ambulanten psychosozialen Krebsberatungsstellen zu beschreiben, die im Rahmen des 2007 von der Deutschen Krebshilfe e.V. ausgeschriebenen Forderschwerpunkts „Psychosoziale Krebsberatungsstellen“ zeitlich befristet gefordert werden. Dieser von einem Evaluationsprojekt begleitete Forderschwerpunkt verfolgt das Ziel, qualitatsgesicherte ambulante psychosoziale Krebsberatung in Deutschland zu fordern und Bemuhungen um deren Finanzierung uber die Forderung hinaus zu unterstutzen. Methodik: Die Qualitatsmerkmale der Einricht…
Predictors of quality of life of cancer patients, their children, and partners
Objective The objective of this study is to assess the quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients and their family members over 1-year period post therapy. Methods We evaluated QOL in cancer patients (N = 161) (Short Form-8 Health Survey (SF-8), European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer 30- Item Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30)), their partners (N = 110) (SF-8), and their children (N = 115) (KIDSCREEN-27) using a longitudinal design (t1: post therapy, t2: 6 months after t1, t3: 12 months after t1). Multiple regression models were employed to examine factors related to QOL. Results After cancer therapy, impairments in the patients' QOL were found primarily in…
Patient participation in the medical decision-making process in haemato-oncology - a qualitative study
Cancer patients are showing increased interest in shared decision-making. Patients with haematological illnesses, however, express considerably less desire for shared decision-making as compared with other oncological patient groups. The goal of the current project was to identify the reasons for the lower desire for shared decision-making among patients with haematological illness. We conducted qualitative, semi-structured interviews with 11 haematological patients (39-70 years old) after the beginning of therapy concerning the course and evaluation of medical shared decision-making. The patients were often overwhelmed by the complexity of the illness and the therapy and did not want to as…
Psychometric Properties of the Fatigue Questionnaire EORTC QLQ-FA12 in a Sample of Female Cancer Patients.
Abstract Context Cancer patients frequently suffer from fatigue. Recently, the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life group developed a new 12-item fatigue assessment instrument. Objectives The aim of this study was to psychometrically test this questionnaire in comparison with the three-item fatigue scale of the EORTC QLQ-C30. Methods A sample of 354 patients who were being treated for breast cancer or gynecologic cancer were examined using the new fatigue questionnaire EORTC QLQ-FA12 and the EORTC QLQ-C30 during their hospital stay (t1) and three months after hospital discharge (t2). Confirmatory factorial analyses, item analyses, test-retest re…