Choosing the right rehabilitation setting after herniated disc surgery: Motives, motivations and expectations from the patients’ perspective

Margrit Löbner, Janine Stein, Melanie Luppa, Alexander Konnopka, Hans Jörg Meisel, Lutz Günther, Jürgen Meixensberger, Katarina Stengler, Matthias C Angermeyer, Hans-Helmut König and Steffi G Riedel-Heller

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 8, 1-20

Abstract: Objectives: This study aims to investigate (1) motives, motivations and expectations regarding the choice for a specific rehabilitation setting after herniated disc surgery and (2) how rehabilitation-related motivations and expectations are associated with rehabilitation outcome (ability to work, health-related quality of life and satisfaction with rehabilitation) three months after disc surgery. Methods: The longitudinal cohort study refers to 452 disc surgery patients participating in a subsequent rehabilitation. Baseline interviews took part during acute hospital stay (pre-rehabilitation), follow-up interviews three months later (post-rehabilitation). Binary logistic regression and multiple linear regression analyses were applied. Results: (1) Motives, motivations and expectations: Inpatient rehabilitation (IPR) patients stated “less effort/stress” (40.9%), more “relaxation and recreation” (39.1%) and greater “intensity of care and treatment” (37.0%) regarding their setting preference, whereas outpatient rehabilitation (OPR) patients indicated “family reasons” (45.3%), the wish for “staying in familiar environment” (35.9%) as well as “job-related reasons” (11.7%) as most relevant. IPR patients showed significantly higher motivation/expectation scores regarding regeneration (p

Date: 2017
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