Patients' assessments of indoor psychiatric ergotherapy determinants of reported patient satisfaction

Objective: The present study, which falls back on data collected within an extensive evaluation of indoor psychiatric ergotherapy, aims at the investi gation of the interaction between patients' satisfaction and patients' char acteristics, duration of treatment, and patients' assessments of specific s ingle treatment aspects. Methods: Fifty-eight inpatients assigned to three ergotherapeutic treatment programs were included into study. Assessments in cluded - among others - a German version of the Client Satisfaction Questio nnaire as well as a 74-items questionnaire on specific treatment aspects, s uch as perceived support, perceived practical orientation, and perceived pe rsonal problem orientation. Results: As expected, a high level of satisfact ion with treatment was reported. Patients' satisfaction is correlated with some variables under study, such as patients' subjective well-being and pat ients' assessments of psychosocial and professional treat-ment aspects. Con clusions: Findings indicate that - for the purpose of high patient satisfac tion - ergotherapeutic treatment programs should distinguish themselves by supportive therapists, practical orientation, and personal problem orientat ion.