[Therapeutic Effort in Inpatient or Day Patient Treatments and Therapy Success in Patients with Depressive Disorders].

[Therapeutic Effort in Inpatient or Day Patient Treatments and Therapy Success in Patients with Depressive Disorders]. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2019 Dec 10;: Authors: Wietersheim JV, Knoblauch JD, Rottler E, Weiß H, Hartmann A, Rochlitz P, Völker A, Scheidt CE, Beutel ME, Eckhardt-Henn A, Zeeck A Abstract Several therapeutic treatments like individual psychotherapy, group therapy, creative therapies and talks with the nursing staff are components in an inpatient psychosomatic (psychotherapeutic) treatment or a psychosomatic day hospital treatment. In Germany, these therapies have to be documented by the administration with so called OPS-Codes. These codes are reported to the Institute for Reimbursement in Hospitals (InEK). With the data of the INDDEP-study it should be investigated how the therapies of 7 hospitals and 8 day-hospitals compare to each other. In addition, it should be studied, if the amount of the documented therapies is connected to the outcome in these hospitals. In the INDDEP-study, data of patients with major depression were assessed at 4 measurement points (admission, discharge, 3 months and 12 months follow up). In addition, the OPS codes of the treatments were documented. The results show that it is possible to get a rough estimation of the psychotherapeutic doses by the OPS-codes. The results show significant differences between the hospitals in terms of the intensity and professional group compositio...
Source: PPmP Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol Source Type: research