Patients' satisfaction concerning out-patients preparation for psychosomatic rehabilitation

Patients often show lack of motivation prior to an inpatient behavioral therapy. On the other hand patients have problems to transfer the clinical experience into every day life after discharge, The test program "preparation and follow-up of psychosomatic inpatients" of the Psychosomatic Clinic Bad Durkheim tries to solve these problems by selected interventions. This pilot program is evaluated in a field study with an experimental and a control group. The control group receives the regular inpatient treatment program. The experimental group additional outpatient interventions. The article presents a part of the total evaluation: acceptance of prestationary information. This was examined with an especially developped assessment questionnaire and a discharge questionnaire. The data clearly show a considerable patient' acceptance of these offers and their positive consequences on the individual thera py. The acceptance of the prestationary information meetings is thereby quite irrespective of the patient's age, gender, school education, and diagnosis.