Does a Train-the-Trainer Approach for Enhancing Healthcare Professionals’ Skills in Patient Education during Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation Improve Patient Outcomes?
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the samples.
Cancer patients
Psychosomatic patients
Cohort 1 ()
Cohort 2 ()
Cohort 1 ()
Cohort 2 ()
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
Male
47 (51.1)
30 (50.0)
31 (34.1)
25 (28.4)
Age in years, mean (SD)
62.2 (10.7)
60.1 (9.9)
44.3 (11.0)
47.0 (10.3)
Marital status
Single
12 (13.0)
9 (15.0)
29 (32.2)
23 (26.1)
Married
54 (58.7)
46 (76.7)
36 (40.0)
45 (51.1)
Other
26 (28.3)
5 (8.3)
25 (27.8)
20 (22.7)
Education
≤9 years
47 (52.2)
30 (52.6)
22 (24.2)
13 (14.8)
10-12 years
21 (23.3)
11 (19.3)
33 (36.3)
40 (45.5)
13 years
22 (24.4)
16 (28.1)
36 (39.6)
35 (39.8)
Occupational position
Manual worker
26 (27.4)
18 (30.0)
12 (13.2)
14 (15.9)
White-collar job
52 (54.7)
29 (48.3)
65 (71.4)
63 (71.6)
Self-employed or public servant
12 (11.3)
11 (18.3)
5 (5.5)
6 (6.8)
Cancer diagnosis
Digestive organs
33 (38.8)
18 (36.7)
n.a.
n.a.
Respiratory organs
15 (17.6)
6 (12.2)
n.a.
n.a.
Breast
9 (10.6)
7 (14.3)
n.a.
n.a.
Other
18 (33.0)
28 (36.8)
n.a.
n.a.
Time since cancer diagnosis
<3 months
38 (40.9)
30 (51.7)
n.a.
n.a.
4-6 months
13 (14.0)
7 (12.1)
n.a.
n.a.
≥7 months
42 (45.2)
21 (36.2)
n.a.
n.a.
Psychiatric disorder
Affective
n.a.
n.a.
43 (47.8)
40 (46.0)
Neurotic/stress-related/somatoform
n.a.
n.a.
13 (14.4)
22 (25.3)
Personality/behavioral
n.a.
n.a.
14 (5.6)
8 (9.2)
Other
n.a.
n.a.
17 (19.4)
20 (22.2)
Duration of symptoms
<1 year
n.a.
n.a.
12 (14.5)
13 (14.8)
1-5 years
n.a.
n.a.
35 (42.2)
32 (36.3)
>5 years
n.a.
n.a.
63 (43.3)
56 (48.9)
Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation; n.a.: not applicable.
