[Development of a questionnaire for assessing motivational conditions for prediction of therapy cooperation of LVA insured patients during inpatient medical rehabilitation--initial results of scale development].
Medical staff working in rehabilitation often criticize their in-patients' lack of motivation to cooperate in therapy. Consequently, very often the aims of the therapy would not be reached. That, again, causes expenses that could be avoided and it also causes frustration on both sides. On the basis of Schwarzer's Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) we designed a questionnaire on motivation to predict the degree of the in-patients' cooperation in therapy during rehabilitation. The results presented here are based on an interim analysis of 508 questionnaires answered by LVA insurees (Landesversicherungsanstalten, wage earners' pension insurance funds) who had applied for rehabilitation in a clinic. The applicants suffered from illness of the back and spine as well as degenerative illness of the joints. A first examination of the scales Specific Outcome Expectancies, Specific Self-efficacy and Intention of the questionnaire showed very good statistical results as well as correlations between these variables that correspond to HAPA. It also turned out that there is a direct connection between the scores of the motivation variables (e.g. Specific Self-efficacy) and that of cooperation in therapy. These initial test results indicate a generic character of the instruments used in this research project. They also point out starting points for interventions to increase motivation that are to be developed.
Kühn
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Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. alexander.kuehn@medizin.uni-halle.de
Pannicke
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Mohs
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Schneider
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D000328:Adult; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results