Epistemic Trust Is a Critical Success Factor in Psychosomatic Rehabilitation-Results from a Naturalistic Multi-Center Observational Study.

ABSTRACT: Knowledge about critical success factors underpinning beneficial treatment outcomes in psychosomatic inpatient rehabilitation is scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of patients' epistemic stance in relation to the improvement of psychological distress during rehabilitation. In this naturalistic longitudinal observational study, n = 771 patients completed routine assessments for psychological distress (BSI-18), health-related quality of life (HRQOL; WHODAS), and epistemic trust (ETMCQ) before (T1) and after (T2) psychosomatic rehabilitation. Patients were grouped as best, average, and worst responders based on their mean BSI-18 changes during treatment, and their mean change in epistemic trust, mistrust, and credulity was compared using repeated measures analy

SUBMITTER: Riedl D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10780285 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature