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Expectations Regarding Gastein Healing Gallery Treatment and Their Connection to Health-Related Quality of Life

The present study examines connections between patient expectations and health-related quality of life. We explore a key distinction between expectations about general health and expectations for functional improvement. Patients were 1444 individuals with multiple conditions experiencing chronic pai...

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Autores principales: Toussaint, Loren, Huynh, Kien, Kohls, Niko, Sirois, Fuschia, Alberts, Hannah, Hirsch, Jameson, Hanshans, Christian, Nguyen, Quang Anh, van der Zee-Neuen, Antje, Offenbaecher, Martin
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10094392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37048040
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075426
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author Toussaint, Loren
Huynh, Kien
Kohls, Niko
Sirois, Fuschia
Alberts, Hannah
Hirsch, Jameson
Hanshans, Christian
Nguyen, Quang Anh
van der Zee-Neuen, Antje
Offenbaecher, Martin
author_facet Toussaint, Loren
Huynh, Kien
Kohls, Niko
Sirois, Fuschia
Alberts, Hannah
Hirsch, Jameson
Hanshans, Christian
Nguyen, Quang Anh
van der Zee-Neuen, Antje
Offenbaecher, Martin
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description The present study examines connections between patient expectations and health-related quality of life. We explore a key distinction between expectations about general health and expectations for functional improvement. Patients were 1444 individuals with multiple conditions experiencing chronic pain who were seeking treatment at the Gastein Healing Gallery in Böckstein, near Bad Gastein, Austria. In addition to measures of expectations, patients completed measures of pain, mental and physical health, life satisfaction, fatigue, and sleep problems. Structural equation models were used to fit a latent variable model where both expectation variables were used to predict health-related quality of life. Results showed that expectations regarding potential functional improvement resulting from treatments at the Gastein Healing Gallery were associated with improved health-related quality of life. Expectations about general health improvements related to treatment were not associated with health-related quality of life. To facilitate optimal healing, clinicians may decide to emphasize expectations about functional recovery when discussing treatment methods similar to those offered at the Gastein Healing Gallery, and in so doing, health-related quality of life may benefit.
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spelling pubmed-100943922023-04-13 Expectations Regarding Gastein Healing Gallery Treatment and Their Connection to Health-Related Quality of Life Toussaint, Loren Huynh, Kien Kohls, Niko Sirois, Fuschia Alberts, Hannah Hirsch, Jameson Hanshans, Christian Nguyen, Quang Anh van der Zee-Neuen, Antje Offenbaecher, Martin Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The present study examines connections between patient expectations and health-related quality of life. We explore a key distinction between expectations about general health and expectations for functional improvement. Patients were 1444 individuals with multiple conditions experiencing chronic pain who were seeking treatment at the Gastein Healing Gallery in Böckstein, near Bad Gastein, Austria. In addition to measures of expectations, patients completed measures of pain, mental and physical health, life satisfaction, fatigue, and sleep problems. Structural equation models were used to fit a latent variable model where both expectation variables were used to predict health-related quality of life. Results showed that expectations regarding potential functional improvement resulting from treatments at the Gastein Healing Gallery were associated with improved health-related quality of life. Expectations about general health improvements related to treatment were not associated with health-related quality of life. To facilitate optimal healing, clinicians may decide to emphasize expectations about functional recovery when discussing treatment methods similar to those offered at the Gastein Healing Gallery, and in so doing, health-related quality of life may benefit. MDPI 2023-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10094392/ /pubmed/37048040 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075426 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Toussaint, Loren
Huynh, Kien
Kohls, Niko
Sirois, Fuschia
Alberts, Hannah
Hirsch, Jameson
Hanshans, Christian
Nguyen, Quang Anh
van der Zee-Neuen, Antje
Offenbaecher, Martin
Expectations Regarding Gastein Healing Gallery Treatment and Their Connection to Health-Related Quality of Life
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title_fullStr Expectations Regarding Gastein Healing Gallery Treatment and Their Connection to Health-Related Quality of Life
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title_short Expectations Regarding Gastein Healing Gallery Treatment and Their Connection to Health-Related Quality of Life
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10094392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37048040
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075426
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