A qualitative investigation of barriers and facilitators of rehabilitation success from the psychosomatic inpatients’ perspective

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Figure 1 Components of the ICF.

Note: Reprinted from International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), World Health Organization. Copyright (2001). Available from: http://www.who.int/classifications/icf/en/. Accessed August 2, 2016.⁴
Abbreviation: ICF, The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health.

Table 1 Interview guide for focus groups

Part	Duration (min)	Content	Questions
Welcome	5	Moderators introduce themselves
Introduction	5	Description of the project explanation of the procedure
Content I: pretreatment	20	Discussion focusing on factors prior to starting psychosomatic inpatient treatment	Before starting treatment, was there anything that helped you participate in a more active life today? Before starting treatment, was there anything that made it difficult for you to participate in a more active life today?
Content II: during treatment	20	Discussion focusing on factors during the course of psychosomatic inpatient treatment	Have you experienced something during treatment that helped you participate in a more active life today? Have you experienced something during treatment that made it difficult for you to participate in a more active life today?
Break	10
Content III: after the treatment	20	Discussion focusing on factors after psychosomatic inpatient treatment	After finalizing treatment, what has helped you to become active again? After finalizing treatment, what has made it difficult for you to become active?
End	15	Summary of the discussion evaluation

Table 2 Distribution of course after discharge from inpatient treatment across age and sex of participants

Course of rehabilitation	18–49 years	50–65 years	Overall
Favorable course
♀	5	0	5
♂	0	3	3
Unchanged course
♀	5	3	8
♂	1	1	2
Unfavorable course
♀	0	2	2
♂	1	0	1
Overall	12	9	21a

Note:

a Course data for two participants is missing. ♀, female; ♂, male.

Figure 2 Category system resulting from qualitative content analysis (text).

WHOICF: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and HealthGeneva, SwitzerlandWorld Health Organization2001 Available from: http://www.who.int/classifications/icf/en/Accessed August 2, 2016

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