Assessing psychosocial vulnerability and care needs of pretransplant patients by means of the INTERMED

Ludwig G, Dobe-Tauchert P, Nonnast-Daniel B, Stiefel F, De Jonge P, Lobo E, Richter R, Eckardt KU, Hohenberger W, Weyand M, Soellner W (2014)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2014

Journal

Book Volume: 60

Pages Range: 190-203

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.13109/zptm.2014.60.2.190

Abstract

We investigated whether the INTERMED, a generic instrument for assessing biopsychosocial case complexity and direct care, identifies organ transplant patients at risk of unfavourable post-transplant development by comparing it to the Transplant Evaluation Rating Scale (TERS), the established measure for pretransplant psychosocial evaluation.One hundred nineteen kidney, liver, and heart transplant candidates were evaluated using the INTERMED, TERS, SF-36, EuroQol, Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), and Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale (HADS).We found significant relationships between the INTERMED and the TERS scores. The INTERMED highly correlated with the HADS,MADRS, and mental and physical health scores of the SF-36 Health Survey.The results demonstrate the validity and usefulness of the INTERMED instrument for pretransplant evaluation. Furthermore, our findings demonstrate the different qualities of INTERMED and TERS in clinical practice. The advantages of the psychiatric focus of the TERS and the biopsychosocial perspective of the INTERMED are discussed in the context of current literature on integrated care.

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APA:

Ludwig, G., Dobe-Tauchert, P., Nonnast-Daniel, B., Stiefel, F., De Jonge, P., Lobo, E.,... Soellner, W. (2014). Assessing psychosocial vulnerability and care needs of pretransplant patients by means of the INTERMED. Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, 60(2), 190-203. https://dx.doi.org/10.13109/zptm.2014.60.2.190

MLA:

Ludwig, Gundula, et al. "Assessing psychosocial vulnerability and care needs of pretransplant patients by means of the INTERMED." Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie 60.2 (2014): 190-203.

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