title: [The successfully treated patients - are they the satisfied ones?].
abstract: The current scientific opinion on the success of a therapy is that patients having undergone a successful therapy are satisfied. However, in reality, it is possible that patients with poor living conditions are satisfied (well-being paradox) whereas patients treated successfully are not (dissonance). The higher the psychological distress, the more rare is the assumption that successful therapy is an equivalent of satisfaction. Satisfaction depends more on fulfillment of patient expectations and involvement of the physicians.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brinkers
authors.forename: Nico
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gerth
authors.forename: Giselher
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pfau
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hachenberg
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D057189:Checklist; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Patientenzufriedenheit - Sind die erfolgreich therapierten Patienten die zufriedenen Patienten?