Since May 2019, psychocardiological rehabilitation has been carried out at the Rehabilitation Center Felbring (RFE) in the form of a pilot project. The background is the mutual relationship of psychological and physical morbidity, which is of particular importance in cardiological rehabilitation. The present outcome evaluation study is designed as a quantitative longitudinal study with 4 repeated measures, in which at least 75 rehabilitation patients will be included. Three assessments are conducted at admission and discharge to/from inpatient rehabilitation, and an additional survey will be conducted by mail 6 months after the end of rehabilitation. Effects that become apparent as a result of rehabilitation will be recorded from a patient-centered perspective by means of "patient-reported outcomes". In this way, primarily psychological and work-related changes, but also changes in the physical quality of life are to be mapped, which can be determined immediately after completion of rehabilitation and continue in the medium term up to 6 months later.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
119
Psychocardiological Rehabilitation: Regular cardiac rehabilitation with in-depth psychological and psychotherapeutic care, individual and group counseling, relaxation training, and interdisciplinary specialist psychiatric and psychosomatic visits.
Rehabilitationszentrum Felbring
Muthmannsdorf, Lower Austria, Austria
Symptom-Checklist-90 - Standard (SCL-90-S)
Psychological problems and symptoms of psychopathology. Minimum value (Global Severity Index) = 0. Maximum value (Global Severity Index) = 360. Lower values indicate better outcomes (i.e. less symptoms of psychopathology).
Time frame: 6 weeks of inpatient rehabilitation with follow-up assessment 6 months after rehabilitation.
Herzangstfragebogen (HAF-17)
\[Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire - German version\] Heart-focused anxiety. Minimum value = 0. Maximum value = 4. Lower values indicate less heart-focused anxiety.
Time frame: 6 weeks of inpatient rehabilitation with follow-up assessment 6 months after rehabilitation.
Short Form-12 Health Survey (SF-12)
Health-related quality of life. Norm-based values (M = 50, SD = 10) for the Physical component scale (PCS) and Mental component scale (MCS). Values below 50 indicate below average (i.e. worse) physical or mental health-related quality of life. Values above 50 indicate above average (i.e. better) physical or mental health-related quality of life.
Time frame: 6 weeks of inpatient rehabilitation with follow-up assessment 6 months after rehabilitation.
Subjective work ability
Question "To what extent are you impaired in your work by your current state of health?", rated on a 10 point Likert scale, ranging from 0 = no impairment to 10 = total impairment. Lower values indicate better subjective work ability.
Time frame: 6 weeks of inpatient rehabilitation with follow-up assessment 6 months after rehabilitation.
Employment status
Nominal scale (Full-time employed, Employed at least part-time, Unemployed, Retired)
Time frame: 6 weeks of inpatient rehabilitation with follow-up assessment 6 months after rehabilitation.
Arbeitsbezogenes Verhaltens- und Erlebensmuster (AVEM)
\[Work-related behavior and experience patterns (AVEM) - German version\] Work-related behavioral health risks, resources and coping. Patients are classified into four work-related behavioral and experiential patterns: G (healthy pattern), S (unambitious pattern), A (pattern at risk for overexertion) and B (pattern at risk for chronic exhaustion and resignation). Pattern G (healthy pattern) is the desirable outcome.
Time frame: 6 weeks of inpatient rehabilitation.
Social Adjustment Scale Self-Report (SAS-SR)
Social adjustment / instrumental and expressive role performance at work, in social activities, and with family. Up to 54 items are rated on a five-point scale (1-5), summed and diveded by the number of items actually scored to obtain an overall mean. Lower scores indicate better social adjustment.
Time frame: 6 weeks of inpatient rehabilitation.
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