title: [Analysis of premature termination in inpatient psychosomatic rehabilitation based on epidemiologic data from two hospital companies].
abstract: Premature termination of inpatient psychotherapy can have multiple, mostly negative, effects for patients, therapists, clinics, insurance companies, and employers, but research regarding inpatient settings is still deficient. The analysis of two sets of data of four different rehabilitation clinics from two different hospital companies (2699 and 2215 patients, respectively), aimed at possible predictors and outcomes of premature termination. We found ratios of premature termination of 8.3% and 14.7%, respectively. Especially young patients under 30 years of age and patients with eating and personality disorders were more likely to terminate inpatient treatment prematurely. Treatment outcome as rated by therapists was in significantly fewer cases among premature terminators than among successful terminators improved. The results seem to indicate, that assignment to inpatient psychotherapy can be optimized. For a better understanding of the process of premature termination more theory guided prospective and followup studies are necessary.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie, Hamburg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lotz-Rambaldi
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bürger
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012494:Sampling Studies
vernacular_title: Analyse von Behandlungsabbrüchen in der stationären Psychosomatischen Rehabilitation anhand von Basisdokumentationen zweier Klinikträger.