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Susanne Kuhnt
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…
Efficacy and predictors of outcome of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (stpp) in depressed breast cancer patients: A randomised controlled trial
Results: 34 people made up the data set. 25/34 (74%) answered the questionnaire. 11/25(44%) had suicidal thoughts in the previous 72 hours. 3/34 (9%) had deliberately self-harmed in the previous 72 hours. 29/34 (85%) stated that the needle exchange would be their first contact point in health care if they had concerns over theirmental health. Qualitative data revealed drug workers are providing mental health support to service users, but haven’t received formal training. Discussion: This is a small study limited by questionnaire design and sample size. However, it does highlight some important points. Namely, drug users remain at higher risk of suicide ideation and selfharm than general pop…
Efficacy of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP) with depressed breast cancer patients: results of a randomized controlled multicenter trial.
BACKGROUND There is a lack of trials of psychodynamic treatments of depression in breast cancer patients. The purpose of this trial was to determine the efficacy of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP) in non-metastatic breast cancer patients diagnosed with depression, one of the most frequent mental comorbidities of breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS In a multicenter prospective trial, 157 breast cancer patients with comorbid depression were randomized to either individual STPP (intervention group, N=78) or 'treatment as usual' (control group, TAU, N=79). As our primary outcome measure, we hypothesized a higher rate of remission defined as no diagnosis of depression (Structured C…
Age- and sex-standardised prevalence rates of fatigue in a large hospital-based sample of cancer patients
Background: The aim of this longitudinal study was to determine age- and sex-standardised prevalence rates of cancer-related fatigue in different groups of patients. Methods: This was a prospective study in a cohort of N=1494 cancer patients investigating fatigue at three time points t1–t3 (t1: admission to hospital, t2: discharge, t3: half a year after t1). Fatigue was measured with the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory. Age- and sex-adjusted norms were derived from a representative community sample of N=2037, using a cutoff at the 75th percentile. Results: At admission to the hospital, 32% of the patients were classified as fatigued. At discharge, the overall prevalence rate was 40%, and…