title: [Burden and need for psychosocial intervention of glioblastoma patients].
abstract: Glioblastoma patients should be provided with a professional health care system that helps reduce their psychosocial burden. The aim of this study was to identify patients in need of psychosocial intervention. In addition, it was examined whether physicians' assessments adequately address the burden patients are under and their need for intervention. During their visit to one of two neurosurgery outpatient departments, n = 49 glioblastoma patients filled out the short version of the Hornheider questionnaire (HFK). Consulting physicians also rated their patients' burdens in a specially adapted version of the questionnaire (HFK-F). The results of the psychometric evaluation with both instruments were satisfactory. The majority of the patients (76 %) were identified as in need of psychosocial intervention. All of them were correctly categorized with the physicians' ratings. Physicians overestimated some aspects of the patients' burden, particularly in regard to their problems with relaxing and fear of living with the illness. The patients' ratings concerning the quality of the information physicians provided and their overall state of health only corresponded with the physicians' ratings in roughly half of the cases.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklink für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Schwerpunkt Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz. fischbec@uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fischbeck
authors.forename: Hendrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kohlhof
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hardt
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hertel
authors.forename: Dorothee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wiewrodt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010820:Physicians; D011594:Psychometrics; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult