Trauma, Psychological; Somatic
Conditions
Brief summary
Psychotraumatology is clinically highly relevant, especially in the medical-somatic disciplines. Despite progress in recent decades, the clinical care is still inadequate - with unfavorable health effects for affected patients. There are avoidable burdens for involved clinicians and the health care system as a whole, also in terms of costs. With this background, our long-term project combines different research levels. Besides clarifying the clinical phenomenon, it aims to examine 1) the influence of traumatization on the physician-patient interaction as well as 2) the current psychological stress of the patients. Furthermore, 3) moderating factors on the side of the physicians, such as professional experience on the physician-patient interaction will be examined.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTQuestionnaires
Questionnaire study
Sponsors
Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
* At least 18 years old * Female patients of the preventive consultation of the gynecological clinic of the cantonal hospital St.Gallen
Exclusion criteria
* Severe mental disorder (e.g. dissociative disorder) * Insufficient knowledge of German
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of physician-patient relationship | Day 0 | German version of the questionnaire Patient Reactions Assessment Instruments (PRA-D; Brenk-Franz et al., 2016) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Early traumatization | Day 0 | German version of the questionnaire Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ, Bernstein und Fink, 1998) |
| Current traumatization | Day 0 | German version of the questionnaire Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R; Weiss & Marmar, 1997) |
| Anxiety & Depression | Day 0 | German version of the questionnaire Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS; Herrmann et al., 1995; Hermann-Lingen et al., 2011) |
| Dissociative symptoms | Day 0 | German questionnaire on dissociative symptoms (FDS-20; Spitzer et al., 2021) |
| General distress | Day 0 | German version of the questionnaire distress thermometer (BTH; Mehnert et al., 2006) |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed