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Methods: A prospective evaluation included new patients without age restriction. At baseline, and after 6 and 12 months, patients filled out paper questionnaires. Patients rated their mean subjectively perceived severity of the main complaint within the last 7 days on a numerical rating scale (NRS) from 0 = no complaints to 10 = maximum complaints, their perceived resilience capacity in everyday life within the last 7 days (0 = not resilient to 10 = very resilient), and their contentment with the treatment (0 = not content to 10 = very content). Diagnoses were provided by physicians and coded according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision. All data were analyzed descriptively. Results: During two years, 536 new patients {72.6% response, age (mean \u00b1 standard deviation [SD] and range) 49.6 \u00b1 15.8 and 1\u201386 years, 75.7% female} chose to participate. The most frequent diagnosis groups were neoplasms (C00-C97, n = 143, 18.6%) and musculoskeletal diseases (M00-M99, n = 137, 17.9%). In n = 165 patients (30.8%), more than one diagnosis was provided. In a subgroup of 187 patients, who returned the questionnaire after 6 months, we compared baseline to 6-month values: severity of main complaint (mean \u00b1 SD) 5.2 \u00b1 2.6 changed to 3.9 \u00b1 2.6; resilience capacity 5.1 \u00b1 2.6 to 5.6 \u00b1 2.4. After 6 months, respondents rated their contentment with the treatment with (mean \u00b1 SD) 7.7 \u00b1 2.6. Data after 12 months (n = 113) are comparable to data after 6 months. Conclusion: Patients of our CIM-OPD had a broad age range, were predominantly female, and suffered mostly from oncologic-related complaints and musculoskeletal diseases. In the responding subgroup after 6 months, patients were content with the treatment. 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