Der Merkurstab | Juli/August 2012 | 22,00 Euro (inkl. Mwst., zzgl. Versandkosten)
Artikel | Client experiences with an integrated conventional and anthroposophic approach at the "Kindertherapeuticum" in Zeist |
Autoren | Erik Baars, E. Koster, Edmund Schoorel |
Seiten | 335-338 |
Volume | 65 |
Zusammenfassung
Background: The ‘Kindertherapeuticum’ is a private anthroposophic healthcare institution for the diagnostic evaluation and therapy of three streams of children (paediatrics, child psychiatry and developmental problems).
Methods: In 2000, 2005 and 2009 a questionnaire was sent to all clients (parents of children, physicians and therapists) investigating client characteristics, experiences with diagnostics and treatment, subjectively experienced effects and the quality of the organisation.
Results: Average response: 54%. Client characteristics: children coming from the region (43%), from the rest of the Netherlands (55%) and other countries (2%); age categories children: 0-7 (50%), 8-11 (35%), 12-20 (15%); type of problems: psychiatric, psychosomatic or pedagogic (2/3), somatic (1/3). Most parents emphatically choose for an anthroposophic approach (88%). An increasing number of parents (an estimated 30%) come from a non-anthroposophic physician. Most parents, physicians and therapists are (very) satisfied with the diagnostics, treatment and the quality of organisation. Judgments of parents on the effects (more than 2/3), reduction in the use of care after visiting the ‘Kindertherapeuticum’, and a reduction of the use of conventional medication (an average of 20%) indicate positive effects.
Conclusion: Clients are (very) satisfied with the diagnostics, treatment and organisation quality. There are some indications for positive effects of the approach.