[The influence of one's birthday on one's help-seeking behavior].
For 500 patients the date of the initial telephone contact for registration with a psychotherapeutic institution was considered in respect to the patients birthdays. With a supposed prohability of an even distribution between .10 and .20 a trend was observed showing that less than the expected percentage of patients made these contacts in the last two months preceding their birthdays whereas more patients than expected did so within the first two months after their birthdays.
D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012621:Seasons
Der Einfluss des Geburtstages auf das Hilfesuchverhalten.