title: [Factors influencing psychotherapeutic treatment outcome of various syndromes].
abstract: The authors investigated specific and unspecific factors influencing the psychotherapeutic treatment of various syndromes using a questionnaire which systematically replicated the Consumer Reports Study performed in the USA in 1994. The authors were particularly concerned with the degree to which certain psychotherapeutic methods - psychoanalysis, depth psychology-based psychotherapy and behavioral therapy - produced differing results following treatment of syndromes. Using cluster-analysis, two groups of syndromes could be distinguished: Patients with depressive symptoms, stress-related disorders and/or relationship problems (depression-group) and patients with anxiety disorders and/or eating-related disorders (anxiety-group). With the help of cart-analysis (Classification and Regression Trees) it was possible to identify factors influencing the improvement of symptoms. The method of treatment had not a specific effect on the improvement of symptoms. In both groups the most important predictor was the length of treatment. Furthermore in the depression group the sex of the patients and a possible restriction of the treatment by the health insurance companies influenced the treatment results and in the anxiety group the frequency of treatment and the age of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Psychoanalyse, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatische Medizin, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar. s.hartmann@rz.uni-sb.de
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: Siegfried
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zepf
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011613:Psychotherapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome