Denise Vagnini, Nicolò Lamperti, Sara Molgora, Francesca Barile, Federica Facchin, Umberto Mazza, Emanuela Saita
Mental Health Issues as a Consequence of the Pandemic: Group Psycho-Educational Intervention to Support Patients Recovered from COVID-19 Infection
International journal of environmental research and public health
last decades patient public involvement gained political approval important milestone regarding collective patient interests statutory health insurance modernisation act 2004 140 f sgb v systematic research conducted regarding situation patient representatives federal state level yet aim following study close gap focusing educational needs patient representatives screening literature identified discussed relevant aspects patient participation focus group 7 patient representatives based findings standardised questionnaire developed cooperation scientists patient representatives sent written questionnaire 504 patient representatives federal state level survey targeted patient representatives currently participate past participated committee federal state level according 140 f sgb v total 184 completed questionnaires returned overall response rate 365 respondents felt poorly prepared role regard compulsory preparation course necessary patient representatives want active part decisionmaking process committee meetings report educational needs different topics willing close gaps future patient representatives expect increasing significance collective participation results used develop educational programmes patient representatives order qualify best possible performance tasks furthermore results provide scientific basis political discussions reasoning capacity building patient representatives