The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the effectiveness of psychosomatic rehabilitation in Germany

The aim of the present study is to investigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the effectiveness of psychosomatic rehabilitation. Between April 2019 and March 2022, a total of 18,388 patients from 7 rehabilitation centres could be included in the study. For each patient, score values from the...

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Published in:BMC health services research 2024-06, Vol.24 (1), p.719-719, Article 719
Main Authors: Kaier, Klaus, Knecht, Jakob, Nalbach, Lukas, Körner, Mirjam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Comparative analysis
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Covid-19 pandemic
Disasters
Epidemics
Female
Germany
Germany - epidemiology
HEALTH-49
Humans
ICF AT-50 Psych
Influence
Male
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Methods
Middle Aged
Pandemics
PAREMO
Patient outcomes
Patients
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Psychophysiologic Disorders - epidemiology
Psychophysiologic Disorders - rehabilitation
Psychosomatic rehabilitation
Psychotherapy
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Rehabilitation
SARS-CoV-2
Self-efficacy
SIMBO-C
Social aspects
Stress
Success
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Systematic review
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Summary:The aim of the present study is to investigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the effectiveness of psychosomatic rehabilitation. Between April 2019 and March 2022, a total of 18,388 patients from 7 rehabilitation centres could be included in the study. For each patient, score values from the HEALTH-49 and ICF AT-50 Psych questionnaires were calculated at the beginning and at the end of rehabilitation and the effectiveness of the rehabilitation program was determined by comparing the scores at the beginning and at the end of the rehabilitation programme. Using risk adjusted linear mixed models, three time intervals were compared: a pre-pandemic episode (April 2019 to March 2020), the first year of the pandemic (April 2020 to March 2021) and the second year of the pandemic (April 2021 to March 2022). Overall, it can be stated that the pandemic has substantially impaired the effectiveness of psychosomatic rehabilitation measures. This phenomenon can be observed across a wide range of psychosocial markers and even two years after the start of the pandemic there is no end to the limited effectiveness. With regard to 'psychological and somatoform disorders', for example, there was a relative decrease in the effectiveness of the rehabilitation measure by 11.29% in the first year of the pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic episode, p 
ISSN:1472-6963
1472-6963
DOI:10.1186/s12913-024-11170-1