title: [Psychosocial stresses after hospital admission--a comparison of internal medicine and surgical patients].
abstract: 56 patients have been interviewed about their psychosocial situation at the beginning of their treatment in a medical department, 62 patients in a surgical department of a General Hospital. The "medical" patients were severely disturbed by their illness and by the different diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, even by routine investigations. The "surgical" patients, who just had been operated, concentrated with their feelings on the surgical operation. The clinical atmosphere and the relation and communication to the hospital staff had similar effects on both groups. Further investigations concerning the illness and the treatment should be specified in the different clinical disciplines, while disturbances by the hospital surrounding can be asked at all patients in the same way.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Rehabilitationspsychologie, Universität Freiburg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmeling-Kludas
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hagenbuch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teichert
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010556:Personality Tests; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012803:Sick Role; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Psychosoziale Belastungen nach der Krankenhausaufnahme--Ein Vergleich internistischer und chirurgischer Patienten.