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Illness perceptions in Greek patients with cancer: a validation of the Revised‐Illness Perception Questionnaire

Psycho-Oncology, 2009
AbstractObjective: The Revised‐Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ‐R) assesses illness perceptions according to Leventhal's self‐regulatory model. The aim of this paper is to present findings on the reliability and validity of the IPQ‐R in a population of Greek cancer patients.Methods: A total of 206 patients completed a Greek translation of the IPQ ...
Zoe, Giannousi, Irene, Manaras, Vassilis, Georgoulias, George, Samonis   +3 more
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Illness Perceptions: A New Paradigm for Psychosomatics?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1997
Typically, psychosomatic medicine has seen disease as an endpoint and has focused on the role of psychological factors in etiology or on the psychopathological consequences of illness. In contrast, the illness perception approach begins with the patient's experience of their illness and the main emphasis is on the patient's own model of their condition.
J, Weinman, K J, Petrie
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Musicians’ illness perceptions of musculoskeletal complaints

Clinical Rheumatology, 2013
The purpose of this study is to know the views of people about their illness, i.e., illness perceptions, determine coping strategies, and outcome. Previous research suggests a higher prevalence and a different perception of musculoskeletal complaints between musicians and nonmusicians.
Kok, L.M., Vlieland, T.P.M.V., Fiocco, M., Kaptein, A.A., Nelissen, R.G.H.H.   +4 more
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Personal perception of chronic illness

Home Care Provider, 1999
Nurses caring for patients in the home must see them as a complex collection of many parts that require a holistic approach. With the plethora of therapies blending the relationship between mind and body, patients are seeking to be treated as a whole person rather than a physical illness.
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Illness perception

2015
Die vorliegende prospektive Querschnittstudie untersuchte den Zusammenhang zwischen subjektiven Krankheitskonzepten und adhärentem Verhalten bei der Basistherapie von Übergewicht und Adipositas. Dazu wurde das standardisierte Instrument IPQ-R (Illness Perception Questionaire – Revised) zur Messung subjektiver Krankheitskonzepte auf das Körpergewicht ...
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Illness perceptions

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2010
Purpose of reviewOutcome in asthma is determined not only by pulmonary function or other biomedical characteristics. An important determinant of asthma outcome is illness perceptions: patients' subjective beliefs and emotional responses to their illness.
Kaptein, Ad A., Klok, Ted, Moss-Morris, Rona, Brand, Paul L. P.   +3 more
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Patients’ Perceptions of Their Illness

Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2012
A patient constructs a cognitive representation of his or her illness that guides behavior aimed at managing that illness. Patients’ models of their illness share a common structure made up of beliefs about the cause of an illness, the symptoms that are part of the condition, the consequences of the illness for the patient’s life, how the illness is ...
Keith J. Petrie, John Weinman
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Somali Refugees’ Perceptions of Mental Illness

Social Work in Health Care, 2015
Nearly 13% of the U.S. population is comprised of foreign-born individuals, with Somalis constituting one of the largest resettled groups. Research suggests that, among Somali refugees, rates of mental illness are high. Yet research shows Somalis underutilize mental health services.
Joanna E, Bettmann, Deb, Penney, Pamela, Clarkson Freeman, Natalie, Lecy   +3 more
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Illness perceptions among cancer survivors

Supportive Care in Cancer, 2015
The purpose of the study is to document in Hong Kong Chinese cancer survivors cross-sectional associations between illness perceptions, physical symptom distress and dispositional optimism.A consecutive sample of 1036 (response rate, 86.1%, mean age 55.18 years, 60% female) survivors of different cancers recruited within 6 months of completion of ...
Fielding, R, Lee, C, Ng, A, Tin, SPP, Sez, WK, Soong, I, Lee, VHF, ZHANG, N, Lam, WWT, Tsang, WHJ, Chan, KKL   +10 more
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Illness perception and factors affecting the illness perception in patients with breast cancer

2020
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Karabulutlu, E. Yilmaz, Karayurt, O., Gursoy, A., Kosgeroglu, N., Avci, I. Aydin, Tuna, A., Karaman, S.   +6 more
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