Patients with a psychiatric diagnosis
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Patients with a mental diagnosis will be interviewed. Nationwide online survey (cross-sectional study) and on-site interviews will be conducted in psychiatric, psychosomatic, and psychotherap
Sponsors
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Institut für Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsokönomie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with a psychiatric diagnosis
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Lack of compliance regarding study participation (e.g., indicating not wanting to answer further questions) • Insufficient cognitive abilities to answer the questions • Inadequate knowledge of the German language • Currently undergoing full inpatient psychiatric/psychotherapeutic or psychosomatic treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| -Socio-demographic data (including age, gender, occupation) -Psychiatric diagnoses -psychiatric symptoms: acute, chronic, recurrent, in remission -Types of complementary medical treatments currently being used for psychiatric symptoms, within the last 12 months, and ever used -Self-medication or prescribed medications (by doctors or alternative medicine practitioners) -Information provided to treating physicians about the use of complementary medical therapies -Estimated financial expenditure on complementary medical therapies in the last month -Health-related quality of life assessed using EQ-5D -Monthly disposable income available | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| this is a cross-sectional study without differentiation into a primary or secondary endpoint | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactMichael Teut
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Institut für Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsokönomie
Outcome results
None listed