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Expectations Regarding Gastein Healing Gallery Treatment and Their Connection to Health-Related Quality of Life

Published:2023-04-06 Issue:7 Volume:20 Page:5426
ISSN:1660-4601
Container-title:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
language:en
Short-container-title:IJERPH

Author:

Toussaint Loren¹^ORCID,Huynh Kien²,Kohls Niko³^ORCID,Sirois Fuschia⁴^ORCID,Alberts Hannah⁵,Hirsch Jameson⁶,Hanshans Christian⁷^ORCID,Nguyen Quang Anh⁸,van der Zee-Neuen Antje⁹,Offenbaecher Martin¹⁰

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychology, Luther College, Decorah, IA 52101, USA

2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA

3. Department of Social Work & Health, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 96450 Coburg, Germany

4. Department of Psychology, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK

5. School of Graduate Psychology, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR 97116, USA

6. Department of Psychology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA

7. Department of Applied Sciences and Mechatronics, University of Applied Science Munich, 80335 München, Germany

8. Department of Psychology and Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA

9. Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Gastein Research Institute, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

10. Gastein Healing Gallery, 5630 Bad Hofgastein, Austria

Abstract

The present study examines connections between patient expectations and health-related quality of life. We explore a key distinction between expectations about general health and expectations for functional improvement. Patients were 1444 individuals with multiple conditions experiencing chronic pain who were seeking treatment at the Gastein Healing Gallery in Böckstein, near Bad Gastein, Austria. In addition to measures of expectations, patients completed measures of pain, mental and physical health, life satisfaction, fatigue, and sleep problems. Structural equation models were used to fit a latent variable model where both expectation variables were used to predict health-related quality of life. Results showed that expectations regarding potential functional improvement resulting from treatments at the Gastein Healing Gallery were associated with improved health-related quality of life. Expectations about general health improvements related to treatment were not associated with health-related quality of life. To facilitate optimal healing, clinicians may decide to emphasize expectations about functional recovery when discussing treatment methods similar to those offered at the Gastein Healing Gallery, and in so doing, health-related quality of life may benefit.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/7/5426/pdf

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