Long-term effectiveness of inpatient and day hospital treatment in departments of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy in Germany

Kessler H, Doering S, Kehyayan A, Pape M, Hofmann T, Rose M, Imbierowicz K, Geiser F, Croy I, Weidner K, Rademacher J, Michalek S, Morawa E, Erim Y, Jansen C, Teufel M, Heinzmann S, Lahmann C, Peters EMJ, Kruse J, von Boetticher D, Herrmann-Lingen C, Nöhre M, de Zwaan M, Dinger U, Friederich HC, Niecke A, Albus C, Zwerenz R, Beutel M, Roenneberg C, Henningsen P, Stein B, Waller C, Hake K, Spitzer C, Stengel A, Zipfel S, Weimer K, Gündel H, Herpertz S (2025)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2025

Journal

Book Volume: 16

Article Number: 1531504

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1531504

Abstract

Background: There is a lack of reliable data concerning the long-term effectiveness of psychosomatic inpatient and day hospital treatment in a naturalistic setting. The Multicenter Effectiveness Study of Inpatient and Day Hospital Treatment in Departments of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy in Germany aims to provide such data. The study itself and effectiveness from admission to discharge have already been reported in this journal (Doering et al., 2023). This brief report adds 12-month follow-up data. Methods: The relevant outcome variables concerning somatoform, trauma-related, eating and personality disorders, as well as anxiety and depressive disorders were assessed by means of questionnaires on admission (T0), at discharge (T1) and after 12 months (T2). In order to make targeted statements about effectiveness regarding only clinically relevant symptoms, each symptom domain was stratified by severity at admission. Results: From a total of 2,094 patients at admission, 60.6% still provided data at T2. Overall, the changes achieved at discharge (T1) already reported in Doering (2023) remained stable over the 12-month follow-up period (T2). There were hence significant improvements from T0 to T2 across all symptom domains with large effect sizes ranging from d=1.0 to 3.4. Conclusions: The already reported effectiveness of inpatient and day hospital treatment in German university departments of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy in a naturalistic setting is further strengthened by providing evidence for sustained treatment effects over the 12-month follow-up period. Importantly, the entire spectrum of disorders investigated showed this pattern. Clinical Trial Registration: https://drks.de/search/de/trial/DRKS00016412 RKS00016412, identifier DRKS00016412.

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Universitätsklinikum Bonn Germany (DE) Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE) Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Freiburg Germany (DE) Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Göttingen Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Ulm Germany (DE) Medizinische Universität Wien Austria (AT) Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf Germany (DE) Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH) / Hannover Medical School Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg Germany (DE) Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Germany (DE) Klinikum der Universität München (LMU Klinikum) Germany (DE) Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Nürnberg Germany (DE) Universitätsmedizin Rostock Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Tübingen Germany (DE)

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APA:

Kessler, H., Doering, S., Kehyayan, A., Pape, M., Hofmann, T., Rose, M.,... Herpertz, S. (2025). Long-term effectiveness of inpatient and day hospital treatment in departments of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy in Germany. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1531504

MLA:

Kessler, Henrik, et al. "Long-term effectiveness of inpatient and day hospital treatment in departments of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy in Germany." Frontiers in Psychiatry 16 (2025).

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