[Psychoeducational Group Interventions for Families with Parental Cancer].

Psychoeducational Group Interventions for Families with Parental Cancer Parental cancer constitutes a risk factor for the psychological development of all family members. Studies show that children as well as parents suffer losses in their quality of life and their psychological well-being and that participation in a psychological intervention results in an improvement of these parameters. This study examines two group interventions (children group for children with parents suffering from cancer; parental seminar for cancer patients and their partners) in comparison to a waiting group.

[Quality of life and impact of incontinence in male patients with prostate carcinoma after radical retropubic prostatectomy].

Background: To explore the effect of an interdisciplinary training programme on quality of life and impact of incontinence in male patients with urinary incontinence after radical retropubic prostatectomy for cancer of the prostate.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a controlled trial with two intervention groups. Both groups received an interdisciplinary training programme, with the first group (n=87) receiving the standard version, and the second group (n=72) receiving an additional tool 'BBS-trainer' to improve the perception of the pelvic floor muscles.

[Predictors of the effectiveness of psychological sleep management in cancer patients during inpatient rehabilitation].

Insomnia is a common phenomenon in cancer patients; nevertheless, there are only a few intervention results published covering this topic. In a former study we examined the effects of a psychological sleep management programme with two intervention groups (n=80, n=71) and one control group (n=78) and showed significant improvements over time, indicating that 50% to 80% of the intervention group participants benefited with moderate or large scale effects on several sleep variables. Now we reanalysed data to look for predictors for those patients who improved best.

Sleep management training for cancer patients with insomnia.

Insomnia is a common phenomenon in cancer patients; nevertheless, there are only a few intervention results published covering this topic. We examined the effects of a multi-modal psychological sleep management programme combining relaxation techniques, sleep hygiene, cognitive techniques and advice in stimulus control technique on various sleep and quality-of-life variables. We compared two intervention groups up to 6 months after treatment, one with progressive muscle relaxation (n=80), the other with autogenic training (n=71).

[Differential evaluation of a study of children with normal behavior with the Meyer-Probst Encephalopathy Questionnaire].

To define new standards for the 'Enzephalopathie-Fragebogen' by Meyer-Probst the authors tested a large number of children (n = 2841) without unadaptive or neurotic behaviour (4.5 to 11.9 years).