title: [Age-, gender- and diagnosis-specific changes of body concept during stationary psychosomatic treatment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study investigates body concept with respect to psychiatric diagnosis, age and gender of inpatients before and after treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined 153 inpatients with 131 complete datasets. The examination was done at the beginning and at the end of the treatment using the Frankfurt Body Concept Scale (FKKS, Deusinger 1998). The results were calculated by t-test for dependent samples, posthoc Scheffé-tests and univariate variance analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The diagnoses indicated a more positive body concept at the end of the treatment (patients with somatoform disorder had effect sizes between -0.2 and -0.4, patients with depressions between -0.4 and -0.7, and patients with eating disorders between -0.3 and -0.7). Gender and age had only little influence on the positive changes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The improvement of body concept through inpatient treatment represents a challenge especially for somatoform disorders. The duration of this improvement after inpatient treatment needs further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Domagkstr. 22, 48149 Münster. Astrid.Stumpf@ukmuenster.de
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stumpf
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braunheim
authors.forename: Gereon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heuft
authors.forename: Gudrun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001828:Body Image; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult