Psychometric properties of the German version of the Traumatic Grief Inventory-Self Report Plus (TGI-SR+).

: Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) has been recognized as a mental health disorder and was added to the ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR. Despite the same name, both versions of PGD differ in symptom count, content, and diagnostic algorithm. A single instrument to screen for both PGD diagnoses is critical for bereavement research and care.

Prevalence and Correlates of Dry Eye in a German Population Sample.

Purpose: In this cross-sectional survey, we assessed the prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) in a representative German population sample. In addition, we examined the associations between DED, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and level of fatigue. Finally, we further validated the German version of the Standard Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness (SPEED) questionnaire and present norm data of the German population.

Psychometric properties, factor structure, and German population norms of the multidimensional fatigue inventory (MFI-20).

Objective: The Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) is commonly used, but its factor structure remains unclear. The MFI-20 consists of five subscales (general fatigue, physical fatigue, reduced activity, reduced motivation, and mental fatigue). This study investigates the psychometric properties, including the factor structure, of a general German population sample and tests group hypotheses on gender and age.

[Validation of the Short-Form-Health-Survey-12 (SF-12 Version 2.0) assessing health-related quality of life in a normative German sample].

Convergent and divergent validation of the Short-Form-Health-Survey-12 assessing HRQoL by analyzing its associations with depressiveness (PHQ-9), social support (OSS-3) and satisfaction with life (SWLS). A normative German sample (N = 2.524) was analyzed using correlation, regression as well as confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling for ordinal data.

Handling Missing Data in the Short Form-12 Health Survey (SF-12): Concordance of Real Patient Data and Data Estimated by Missing Data Imputation Procedures.

If information on single items in the Short Form-12 health survey (SF-12) is missing, the analysis of only complete cases causes a loss of statistical power and, in case of nonrandom missing data (MD), systematic bias. This study aimed at evaluating the concordance of real patient data and data estimated by different MD imputation procedures in the items of the SF-12 assessment. For this ends, MD were examined in a sample of 1,137 orthopedic patients.

[The need for psychosocial support and patients' desire for psychosocial support in female cancer patients - predictors and correlates].

The aims of the present study were to determine the need for psychosocial support of cancer patients, the subjective request for support and to examine the relationship between the need for psychosocial counselling, psychological distress and quality of life. 112 patients (consecutive) answered questionnaires about mental stress (GAD-2 and PHQ-2), quality of life (SF-8) as well as the Hornheide Screening Instrument (HSI) during their hospital stay (T1), two weeks (T2) and three months after their discharge (T3). The need for psychosocial support goes down from 65.

Predicting presenteeism via effort-reward imbalance and dispositional optimism: Is it the interaction that matters? Results from The Saxony Longitudinal Study.

Background: The importance of experienced work stress and individual traits as well as their interplay is analyzed with regard to dysfunctional coping behavior in case of sickness.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the predictive capability of effort-reward imbalance (ERI) including overcommitment, meaning the intrinsic propensity in terms of excessive work-related expenditure (OC), in consideration of dispositional optimism/pessimism on presenteeism.

Methods: A total of 353 men and women aged 38 from the 25th panel wave of The Saxony Longitudinal Study in 2011 were included in the analysis.

[Psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Health Regulatory Focus Scale].

Unlabelled: Psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Health Regulatory Focus Scale Objectives: This study examines the psychometric properties of the German version of the Health Regulatory Focus Scale (HRFS), which measures health-related promotion- and prevention-based motivation.

Methods: The study is based on data from the 28th (N = 332) and 29th survey wave (N = 253) of the Saxony Longitudinal Study. It examines item characteristics, factorial, convergent and prognostic validity as well as the influence of sociodemographic variables.

[Towards a Rehabilitation- and Participation-Oriented Psychotherapy].

Mental disorders (such as recurrent mood disorders, personality disorders, or psychotic disorders) come along with enduring impairment in daily life activities. Therefore psychotherapeutic actions in inpatient or outpatient settings require a life-span and participation-oriented treatment perspective. Participation-oriented treatment aims at social and vocational integration in general life despite enduringly recurring or resting symptoms.

[Current Developments of the Interdisciplinary Subject Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine, Naturopathic Treatment in the German Medical Faculties: Results of the DGRW Faculty Survey in 2015].

To ascertain the current development of the rehabilitation-related medical teaching in the interdisciplinary subject Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine, Naturopathic Treatment (Q12) regarding its execution, content, exams and evaluation of teaching at the Medical Faculties the German Society of Rehabilitation Science conducted another faculty survey in 2015. Representatives of all degree courses of human medicine in German Universities (n=41) received a pseudonymised standardised questionnaire in summer 2015. The response rate was 76% (n=31).

[Use of the ICF in medical rehabilitation in Germany: claims and reality].

Background: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is being used in the medical rehabilitation practice in different ways. The World Health Organization (WHO) and many other stakeholders have formulated claims and expectations for its use.

Objectives: A comparative presentation of the claims of various stakeholders for the use of the ICF with examples in current practice.

[The bio-psycho-social model and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health : Examples of using the model, its parts and the items].

Background: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) can be used in practice in a variety of ways.

Objectives: The aim of this work is to illustrate some of the most important ways of using the ICF and some aspects of their theoretical concepts.

Materials And Methods: Database searches (PubMed, Rehadat, and Google Scholar) were conducted for studies concerning the use of the ICF in practice.

Symptom change trajectories during inpatient psychotherapy in routine care and their associations with long-term outcomes.

This study examined symptom change trajectories during inpatient psychotherapy and the association of these changes with long-term outcomes. In an observational multicenter study, weekly measurements of symptom severity were performed during inpatient treatment and 6 months after discharge. The symptom severity was measured using the 18-item scale of the Hamburg Modules for the Assessment of Psychosocial Health.

[Education, advanced and further training in the field "psychology in rehabilitation"].

The commission for vocational training, training and further education of the German Society of Rehabilitation Science tends to discuss and to give recommendations for various professions in rehabilitation. The working group, which is led by J. Bengel/Freiburg and M.

[Outpatient rehabilitation in Germany. Interim results and prospects for further development].

The offer and development of outpatient medical rehabilitation in Germany represents a substantial component of rehabilitative care. In consideration of demographic change and the increase of chronic illnesses, outpatient rehabilitation facilities, on account of their flexibility, can close care gaps for those who find stationary rehabilitation less attractive or not possible for other reasons. With the implementation of the "Sozialgesetzbuch" (SGB) V and SGB VI as well as the introduction of the SGB IX regarding the rehabilitation principle "outpatient before inpatient," outpatient rehabilitation was social juridically established.

[Psychological comorbidity. Diagnosis and indications for further treatment in medical rehabilitation].

Psychosocial comorbidity in somatic disorders is considered an important problem from the epidemiological point of view as well as from the perspective of care. Therefore, the different origins or development are etiologically discussed. In this article, an overview of the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity of musculoskeletal disorders, using chronic back pain in somatic medical rehabilitation as an example, is given.

[Predictors of treatment duration for inpatients with mental disorders--a systematic literature review].

Objectives: In a systematic literature review we examined patient-related predictors of inpatient treatment duration for mental disorders.

Methods: The databases Medline, Embase, Psyndex, PsycINFO and EBMR were systematically reviewed for studies in the years 1990-2009 regarding treatment duration of inpatients with ICD-10 diagnoses F3-F6. Also, their methodological quality was evaluated.

[Anxiety and depression in the elderly: results of a regional examination].

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the point prevalence of anxiety, depression and a mixed form of anxiety and depression in people older than 54 years.

Method: A cross-section study by postal questioning using HADS-D was carried out.

Results: In total, 24.

[Chronic low back pain : Replication of different reaction groups].

Background: The aim of the study was to replicate the different reaction groups: "Fröhlicher Durchhalter (FD)" who are characterised by a positive mood and endurance strategies, "Depressiver Durchhalter (DD)" with depressive mood and cognitions to hold on and "Depressiver Vermeider (DV)" who are depressed with social and physical avoidance strategies. The replication was conducted with more feasible methods than the Kiel Pain Inventory (KPI), which had been frequently used in former research. This might effectuate a superior intervention outcome.

[A comparison of multimodal programmes of patient education in the rehabilitation of chronic low back pain].

There is growing evidence for the effectiveness of multimodal intervention concepts for chronic low back pain in the international literature, and accordingly several German rehabilitation programmes for the treatment of chronic low back pain patients have been developed. Focus of this paper is to describe and compare frequently used German multimodal intervention programmes for in- and outpatient rehabilitation of patients with chronic low back pain. Programmes were chosen by searching the most relevant online resources as well as the online pages of Deutsche Rentenversicherung and Zentrum Patientenschulung during September 2008.

[Pain staging, gender, and rehabilitation outcome in chronic low back pain. A pilot study].

Background: Current biopsychosocial models of the etiology and chronicity of back pain postulate a major impact of psychological factors in the process of back pain chronicity.

Participants And Methods: Effects of gender and pain staging on rehabilitation outcome were examined immediately after and 3 and 6 months after rehabilitation in 121 patients with chronic low back pain (43 women, 78 men; M=48 years; ICD-10 diagnoses M54.4/M54.

[Social inequality as a predictor of occupational reintegration of chronic back pain patients following medical rehabilitation].

Background: The question of which factors influence return to work following medical rehabilitative measures in the case of chronic back pain is, in a social political context, of international significance. While psychosocial, socio-economic and demographic factors as well as subjective perceptions of working conditions are individually discussed, the role of social inequality has thus far received little attention.

Objective: The present paper focuses on the occupational reintegration of patients with chronic dorsopathies following a medical rehabilitative intervention and aims to investigate the influence of predictor variables on successful reintegration.