Publications by authors named "Ute Dederichs-Masius"
Purpose: This study analyzed whether clinical, behavioral and psychosocial outcomes changed in patients who participate in a five weeks inpatient rehabilitation program addressing the metabolic syndrome (META-program) and whether changes were maintained at a three months follow-up.
Methods: At the beginning of the program, N=114 eligible patients consented to participate in the study. Behavioral and psychosocial outcomes were measured with standardized questionnaires at program entry, program completion and three months later.
Background: As inpatient medical rehabilitation serves to promote work ability, vocational reintegration is a crucial outcome. However, previous Web-based trials on coping with work-related stress have been limited to Web-based recruitment of study participants.
Objective: The aim of our study was to evaluate the implementation of an empirically supported transdiagnostic psychodynamic Web-based aftercare program GSA (Gesund und Stressfrei am Arbeitsplatz [Healthy and stress-less at the workplace])-Online plus into the clinical routine of inpatient medical rehabilitation, to identify characteristics of patients who have received the recommendation for GSA-Online plus, and to determine helpfulness of the intervention and satisfaction of the participants as well as improvement in quality of life and mental health status of the regular users of GSA-Online plus.
Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) both in rheumatologic and non-rheumatologic rehabilitation centers. In addition, we sought to evaluate the practice value of existing screening recommendations of the German Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO).
Methods: The analysis was performed in four rehabilitation clinics (rheumatology, psychosomatic medicine, oncology, and cardiology) with at least 200 patients per clinic tested for MRSA.