["Interface problems" in medical rehabilitation: development of a brief questionnaire for assessing the need for information and communication among general practitioners]. / "Schnittstellenprobleme" in der medizinischen Rehabilitation: die Entwicklung eines Kurzfragebogens zur Ermittlung des Informations- und Kommunikationsbedarfs bei Hausärzten.

Against the background of current and future demographic changes the relevance of medical rehabilitation in the German health care system is generally acknowledged. It is a central element of treatment programmes especially for elderly and chronically ill patients. In recent years, problems due to lack of co-operation and communication as well as insufficient links between acute care and rehabilitation treatment have found increasing attention. Previous attempts to increase involvement especially of general practitioners in the rehabilitation process were only slightly successful. In a pilot study conducted by the Rehabilitationswissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis Schleswig-Holstein a new procedure was tested to increase involvement of general practitioners. A brief questionnaire was attached to the report of discharge of rehabilitation patients and was sent to 130 practitioners. With this questionnaire the general attitude and need for information of the practitioners should be analysed. Knowledge about these variables should help to improve communication and co-operation. The response rate was quite high: about 75% of the contacted practitioners answered the questionnaire. All practitioners described medical rehabilitation as important and also had a quite positive attitude toward the same. Two-thirds of the physicians were interested in more intensive contacts and requested further information.

[Expectations, concerns and therapeutic goals of patients at the beginning of oncologic rehabilitation]. / Erwartungen, Befürchtungen und Therapieziele von Patienten zu Beginn einer onkologischen Rehabilitationsmassnahme.

The study focuses on the outcome of oncological rehabilitation in the inpatient setting. An oncology-specific questionnaire for the measurement of individual therapy goals was developed within the perspective of a goal-oriented evaluation concept. The article focuses on the first time-point of measurement (beginning of the rehabilitation measure) within a longitudinal study. 407 patients were studied either directly following their initial hospital treatment or at a later time-point during the course of the cancer illness. The presentation of the results include firstly a description and analysis of the patients' medical and psychosocial situation (including variables such as the perceived state of health and quality of life), as well as individual rehabilitation goals formulated by the patients themselves. Moreover, an analysis is performed of the expectations, hopes and fears of patients at the beginning of an oncological rehabilitation measure in the inpatient setting. Subgroup analyses focus on the influence of sociodemographic and emotional variables on the patients' expectations and goals.