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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

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

Loren Toussaint, Kien Huynh, Niko Kohls, Fuschia Sirois, Hannah Alberts, Jameson Hirsch, Christian Hanshans, Quang Anh Nguyen, Antje van der Zee-Neuen, Martin Offenbaecher

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Effects of Alpine Natural Health Resources on Human Health and Wellbeing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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Loren ToussaintDepartment of Psychology, Luther College, Decorah, IA 52101, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8876-1848
Kien HuynhDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Niko KohlsDepartment of Social Work & Health, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 96450 Coburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9761-4839
Fuschia SiroisDepartment of Psychology, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0927-277X
Hannah AlbertsSchool of Graduate Psychology, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR 97116, USA.
Jameson HirschDepartment of Psychology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA.
Christian HanshansDepartment of Applied Sciences and Mechatronics, University of Applied Science Munich, 80335 München, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1923-7791
Quang Anh NguyenDepartment of Psychology and Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Antje van der Zee-NeuenInstitute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Gastein Research Institute, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
Martin OffenbaecherGastein Healing Gallery, 5630 Bad Hofgastein, Austria.

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6 · The paper itself

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.

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Chronic PainQuality of LifeAustriaHumansMotivationPatient SatisfactionRecovery of FunctionTreatment OutcomeAlpine health resourcesBad GasteinecomedicineGastein Healing Galleryhealth expectationshealth-related quality of lifespeleotherapy

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PMCPMC10094392

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