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Juliane Burghardt1, Friedrich Riffer2,3, Manuel Sprung1,2,3
1Division of Clinical Psychology, Department Psychology and Psychodynamics, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Science, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Objective:
The study examined whether psychiatric/psychosomatic rehabilitation continues to have a better course of treatment for women than men.
Methods:
We compared the course of global symptom severity, health-related quality of life and functioning between admission and discharge in patients (848 men, 1412 women) at an Austrian psychiatric/psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic.
Results:
Gender-specific differences in the course of treatment were all too small to be clinically relevant. The differences were smallest in the middle-aged cohort. However, at the time of admission, women reported a slightly higher symptom burden.
Conclusion:
Overall, the results show a gender-fair effectiveness of the rehabilitation. The new findings could be explained by changes in living conditions, gender roles, or better treatment methods.
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