Gender effects on outcomes of psychosomatic rehabilitation are reduced.

<h4>Objective</h4>The study examined whether psychiatric/psychosomatic rehabilitation continues to have a better course of treatment for women than men.<h4>Methods</h4>We compared the course of global symptom severity, health-related quality of life and functioning between ad...

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Autores principales: Juliane Burghardt, Friedrich Riffer, Manuel Sprung
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:36004fb3beee4c37bbeced5a3ad088432021-12-02T20:19:23ZGender effects on outcomes of psychosomatic rehabilitation are reduced.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0256916https://doaj.org/article/36004fb3beee4c37bbeced5a3ad088432021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256916https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Objective</h4>The study examined whether psychiatric/psychosomatic rehabilitation continues to have a better course of treatment for women than men.<h4>Methods</h4>We compared the course of global symptom severity, health-related quality of life and functioning between admission and discharge in patients (848 men, 1412 women) at an Austrian psychiatric/psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic.<h4>Results</h4>Gender-specific differences in the course of treatment were all too small to be clinically relevant. The differences were smallest in the middle-aged cohort. However, at the time of admission, women reported a slightly higher symptom burden.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Overall, the results show a gender-fair effectiveness of the rehabilitation. The new findings could be explained by changes in living conditions, gender roles, or better treatment methods.Juliane BurghardtFriedrich RifferManuel SprungPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0256916 (2021)
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Juliane Burghardt
Friedrich Riffer
Manuel Sprung
Gender effects on outcomes of psychosomatic rehabilitation are reduced.
description <h4>Objective</h4>The study examined whether psychiatric/psychosomatic rehabilitation continues to have a better course of treatment for women than men.<h4>Methods</h4>We compared the course of global symptom severity, health-related quality of life and functioning between admission and discharge in patients (848 men, 1412 women) at an Austrian psychiatric/psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic.<h4>Results</h4>Gender-specific differences in the course of treatment were all too small to be clinically relevant. The differences were smallest in the middle-aged cohort. However, at the time of admission, women reported a slightly higher symptom burden.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Overall, the results show a gender-fair effectiveness of the rehabilitation. The new findings could be explained by changes in living conditions, gender roles, or better treatment methods.
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Manuel Sprung
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title Gender effects on outcomes of psychosomatic rehabilitation are reduced.
title_short Gender effects on outcomes of psychosomatic rehabilitation are reduced.
title_full Gender effects on outcomes of psychosomatic rehabilitation are reduced.
title_fullStr Gender effects on outcomes of psychosomatic rehabilitation are reduced.
title_full_unstemmed Gender effects on outcomes of psychosomatic rehabilitation are reduced.
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