title: [What do Patients Experience between Group Sessions during Inpatient Psychotherapy? An Application of the Inter-Session-Questionnaire in Psychotherapeutic Hospitals].
abstract: The study describes an application of the Inter-Session-Questionnaire (ISF) related to inpatient group psychotherapy. The instrument should be tested with the extension of differentiating intersession experiences related to the person of the therapist as well as the group. In a cross sectional study performed in 13 different hospitals, 702 patients were assessed. These patients were treated in rehab hospitals, acute hospitals as well as special hospitals providing treatment for eating disorders. The sample should be relatively representative for psychosomatic and psychotherapeutic hospitals in Germany. Besides the type of the hospital, we also analysed the influence of group characteristics (size of group, type of group and number of completed sessions) as well as the patients' sex. Surprisingly, there were almost no marked differences of inter-session-experiences related to the the therapist or the group. The profiles of the item judgements of the ISF were similar to those reported for outpatient and day treatment samples. Inter-session-experiences differed in part according to our expectation depending on the variables mentioned above which suggests to use the ISF in specific studies dealing with the process and outcome of inpatient group psychotherapy as well as the differentiation of relevant subgroups.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Psychosoziale Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Jena.
authors.forename: Fabiane
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pomnitz
authors.affiliation: Psychosomatische Klinik Bad Neustadt/Saale.
authors.forename: Berhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Strauß
authors.affiliation: Klinik Lüneburger-Heide, Bad Bevensen.
authors.forename: Wally
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wünsch-Leiteritz
authors.affiliation: Klinik Lüneburger-Heide, Bad Bevensen.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leiteritz
authors.affiliation: Rhein-Klinik Bad Honnef.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schreiber-Willnow
authors.affiliation: Psychosomatische Klinik Kinzigtal, Gengenbach.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dobersch
authors.affiliation: Hochgrat Klinik Wolfsried.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moffenter
authors.affiliation: Dr. Horst Schmidt Klinik Schlangenbad.
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nickel
authors.affiliation: Klinik am Korso, Bad Oeynhausen.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.affiliation: Klinik am Korso, Bad Oeynhausen.
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Braks
authors.affiliation: Städtisches Klinikum München.
authors.forename: Meinrad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Linsenmeier
authors.affiliation: Institut für Psychosoziale Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Jena.
authors.forename: Wolf
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.affiliation: Institut für Psychosoziale Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Jena.
authors.forename: Mandy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koschke
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: Klaus-Peter
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Seidler
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Universität zu Köln.
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsmedizin Mainz.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Subic-Wrana
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult