Gültigkeit von Fragebogenangaben in der Rehabilitationsforschung: Unter welchen Bedingungen füllen Patienten Fragebogen aus?

Abstract

The vast majority of the patients possessed sufficient motivational and cognitive prerequisites to provide valid self-reports. Patients with problems in responding asked partners or others for help, its impact on the self-reports being as yet not clear-cut. In individual cases it can not be ruled out that patients who think about early retirement provide distorted statements.

Problems completing questionnaires on health status in medical rehabilitation patients

“…the differences between different instructions for the same questions as suggested above could be identified. We could systematically control for the possible social influence on questionnaire responses, as we have suggested elsewhere (15). We already know from research on response-shift or the comparison of selfreports at a defined time-point and an assessment of the status remembered some time later, that retrospective evaluations of one's health state appears to be biased towards elevated symptom severity (41).…”

“…A number of studies have used cognitive interview techniques to gain insight into the thoughts, reasoning and meanings that people use when completing health-related questionnaires (e.g. [13][14][15]. Others have applied in-depth interviews or analysed the comments people make (13,16,17).…”

“…Others have applied in-depth interviews or analysed the comments people make (13,16,17). In rehabilitation patients it could be shown that credibility or self-disclosure problems were not prominent (15). The presence of others while completing a questionnaire has been found to be common in rehabilitation patients (15).…”

“…In rehabilitation patients it could be shown that credibility or self-disclosure problems were not prominent (15). The presence of others while completing a questionnaire has been found to be common in rehabilitation patients (15). However, indications for both positive (correcting improper responses) and negative effects (social desirability) have been reported (15).…”

Psychologie in der medizinischen Rehabilitation

“…B. bei vorhandenem Rentenwunsch Beschwerden 6 6.3 • Reha-Ziele häufig in einer übertriebenen Art und Weise dargestellt (Meyer et al 2006). B.…”