Survey of Inpatients on Integrative Therapy Methods

ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patient Satisfaction and Experience With Integrative Therapies

Treatments: Other: Integrative therapies

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05236179

PAT_01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Observational study of general patient satisfaction and inpatients' experiences with integrative therapies. The study recruits inpatients of the Filderklinik, an anthroposophic hospital in southwestern Germany. The aim is to assess overall patient satisfaction and inpatients' experiences with integrative therapies at the Filderklinik.

Full description

This is a cross-sectional study to investigate general patient satisfaction and inpatients' experiences with integrative therapies in an anthroposophic hospital. Participants will be recruited at the Filderklinik, a hospital in southwestern Germany that uses anthroposophic medicine (AM) on a broad basis. Inpatients who have received at least 10 treatments with one or more of the different integrative therapy methods will be asked for their willingness to participate. After providing written informed consent, participants will complete a questionnaire on integrative therapies received and overall patient satisfaction. In addition, data from the clinic database will be analyzed and cross-checked with the questionnaire data to verify and specify information about the participating sample. The focus of the study is to assess general patient satisfaction and experience with integrative therapy methods among inpatients at the Filderklinik.

Enrollment: 127 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Written informed consent
• Filderklinik inpatient who had at least 10 treatments with one ore more of the integrative therapy methods
• Age 18 years or older

Exclusion criteria

• Insufficient German language skills
• Legally incapacitated patients
• Patients who are physically incapable of giving written consent
• Patients in isolation wards