Psychosomatic Medicine
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to evaluate the so-called platform model and its suitability to determine staffing in hospitals for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy.
Detailed description
The aim of the study is to test the suitability of a structural model (so-called platform model) developed by a working group of various scientific societies and professional associations for staffing in psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy. For this purpose, in three steps (1.) the four treatment clusters developed in the platform model will be quantified and empirically validated on the basis of the therapeutic services provided in health care practice; (2.) the current staffing for the four treatment clusters will be described (as-is analysis); and (3.) prototypical therapy plans will be developed as a basis for estimating the target staffing requirements. On this basis, a target staffing estimate will be made for all professional groups. For the study, a total of 80 psychosomatic clinics from Germany will be randomly selected, belonging in equal parts to the groups of psychosomatic university clinics, psychosomatic specialist hospitals, and psychosomatic departments in somatic or in psychiatric hospitals. In addition, 20 day clinics are included. In these clinics, the structural framework conditions including staffing will be surveyed and the routine documentation of therapy units will be evaluated by cluster analysis in order to empirically validate the presumed treatment clusters and to describe the necessary staffing requirements. The empirical examination and validation of the platform model, including the four assumed treatment clusters, has the potential to positively influence care practice in the long term by adjusting staffing levels in psychosomatic clinics to actual care requirements.
Interventions
OTHERno intervention, purely observational
There will be no interventions. The study is purely observational and investigates differences in naturally occuring treatments at these four types of departments for Psychosomatic Medicine.
Sponsors
Deutsches Krankenhausinstitut
DGPPN
DGKJP
DGPM
Forum für Gesundheitswirtschaft gGmbH
University Hospital Heidelberg
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
for Clinics: * belong to the predefined nationwide population of psychosomatic specialist clinics and departments * randomly selected for inclusion in the study, * the clinic management (head physician or comparable) agrees to participation in the study * possibility of electronic recording of the qualified therapy units for all treating professional groups. Inclusion Criteria for Patients: * patient treated in one of the selected clinics on the corresponding ward or day clinic * at least 18 years old
Exclusion criteria
* none
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Administered Treatments | Week one of treatment: assessment of administered treatment units | units of psychotherapeutic treatment administered to each patient by physicians, psychologists, nurses, art therapists, social workers, and physiotherapists |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HONOS - Health of the Nation Outcome Scales | administered once per patient at week one of treatment | measure of severity of mental illness |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Primary ContactSimone U Jennissen, PhD
Outcome results
None listed