Treatment outcomes for men and women.

Objective
The study examined whether psychiatric/psychosomatic rehabilitation continues to have a better course of treatment for women than men.
Methods
We compared the course of global symptom severity, health-related quality of life and functioning between admission and discharge in patients (848 men, 1412 women) at an Austrian psychiatric/psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic.
Results
Gender-specific differences in the course of treatment were all too small to be clinically relevant. The differences were smallest in the middle-aged cohort. However, at the time of admission, women reported a slightly higher symptom burden.
Conclusion
Overall, the results show a gender-fair effectiveness of the rehabilitation. The new findings could be explained by changes in living conditions, gender roles, or better treatment methods.

研究目标：本研究旨在验证精神科/心身康复（psychiatric/psychosomatic rehabilitation）治疗中，女性的治疗转归是否优于男性患者。
研究方法：本研究选取奥地利某精神科/心身康复诊所的患者（男性848名，女性1412名），对比其入院与出院时的整体症状严重程度、健康相关生活质量及功能状态的变化情况。
研究结果：治疗转归中的性别差异均极小，无临床意义；中年患者队列的性别差异最为微小。不过在入院时，女性报告的症状负荷略高于男性。
研究结论：整体而言，本研究结果表明康复治疗的疗效具有性别公平性。本次新发现可通过生活环境变迁、性别角色转变或更优质的治疗手段加以解释。