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To operationalise the psychopathological characteristics, the instrument Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation \u2013 Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) was used. Thus, the results were obtained using one-way ANOVAs, \u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      analyses, and descriptive statistics.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Older adult clients differ mainly compared with the other age groups in the following characteristics: lower educational levels [19.3%; \u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (n = 166, 10) = 305.04, c = .24, c\n                      <jats:sub>corr<\/jats:sub>\n                      = .28, p &amp;lt;.001], higher expression rates of somatic diseases [51.2%; \u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (n = 166, 2) = 24.21, c = .07, c\n                      <jats:sub>corr<\/jats:sub>\n                      = .09, p &amp;lt;.001], need for psychopharmacological treatment [43.3%; \u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (n = 166, 2) = 171.19, c = .18, c\n                      <jats:sub>corr<\/jats:sub>\n                      = .24, p &amp;lt;.001], and lower level of alcohol and drug abuse [86.7%; \u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (n = 166, 2) = 195.08, c = .19, c\n                      <jats:sub>corr<\/jats:sub>\n                      = .26, p &amp;lt;.001]. Moreover, older adult clients indicate significantly lower well-being scores than other age groups [F(2, 5,042) = 8.18, p &amp;lt;.001, \u03b7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u00a0= .003]. Additionally, older adults tend to terminate their therapeutic process prematurely (20.8%) but do not differ in effect systematically (p &amp;gt;.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study demonstrates that older adult clients are similar to the other age groups in many psychosocial aspects but are additionally confronted with specific age-related challenges. Psychosocial care institutions should take these challenges into account.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyt.2025.1640791","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,23]],"date-time":"2026-01-23T14:40:02Z","timestamp":1769179202000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Psychosocial characteristics among older adult clients in outpatient care"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Lisa","family":"Winter","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychotherapeutic Outpatient Clinic for Adults, Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna","place":["Vienna, Austria"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stella","family":"Becher-Urbaniak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychotherapeutic Outpatient Clinic for Adults, Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna","place":["Vienna, 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