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Musculoskeletal pain illness perceptions: Factor structure of the Illness Perceptions Questionnaire-Revised [PDF]

Psychology & Health, 2013
The Revised Illness Perceptions Questionnaire (IPQ-R) is commonly used to measure illness perceptions. We tested whether the structure of the IPQ-R was appropriate for use with primary care musculoskeletal pain patients.Confirmatory (C) and exploratory (E) factor analyses (FA) were used to test whether the structure of the IPQ-R was supported for ...
Nicholls, Elaine E., Hill, Susan, Foster, Nadine E.   +2 more
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Patients' Illness Perception as a Tool to Improve Individual Disease Management in Primary Cutaneous Lymphomas

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2017
The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) has been shown to assess illness perception reproducibly in primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL).
Stefanie Porkert, Eva Lehner-Baumgartner, Julia Valencak, Robert Knobler, Elisabeth Riedl, Constanze Jonak   +5 more
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The role of illness perceptions in labor participation of the chronically ill [PDF]

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2008
We aimed to investigate associations between work disability and illness perceptions, over and above medical assessment and self-reported health.A representative sample of people aged 15-64 years with various chronic physical diseases was derived from the Panel of Patients with Chronic Diseases in the Netherlands. In this group, 189 patients were fully
Boot, C.R.L., Heijmans, M., Gulden, J.W.J. van der, Rijken, M.   +3 more
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Ethnic differences and socio-demographic predictors of illness perceptions, self-management, and metabolic control of type 2 diabetes [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated ethnic differences in diabetes-specific knowledge, illness perceptions, self-management, and metabolic control among black-African, black-Caribbean,and white-British populations with type 2 diabetes.
Naderali, Ebrahim K., Devendra, D S, Jones, Martyn C., Lauder, William, Jones, M. C., Anderson, J., Anderson, J, Kirk, Alison, Devendra, Devasenan, Lauder, W., Anderson, John, Abubakari, A.R, Abubakari, A.-R., Devendra, D., Abubakari, Abdul-Razak, Kirk, A., Naderali, E.K.   +16 more
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Illness perception among hypertensive patients in primary care centre UKMMC [PDF]

Malaysian Family Physician, 2013
According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases are the primary cause of death worldwide.1 In 2004, 17.1 million people were estimated to die from cardiovascular diseases, which represent 29 % of all global deaths.
Norfazilah Ahmad, Azmawati Mohammed , Syahnaz Mohd Hashim, Samuel Aaron, Law Poh Tse   +4 more
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Illness Perception Predicting Cardiovascular Health Behaviors among Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2020
Introduction: Cardiovascular health behaviors refer to the activities done by individuals to prevent recurrence, minimize risk factors, improve survival, reduce recurrent events, control cardiovascular disease, and help prevent further complications ...
Punam Gauro, Ploenpit Thaniwattananon, Charuwan Kritpracha   +2 more
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The association between socioeconomic status and health-related quality of life among young and middle-aged maintenance hemodialysis patients: multiple mediation modeling

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), illness perception, social functioning, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of young and middle-aged maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients and the internal mechanism of ...
Qingxin Mai, Siyi Xu, Jingyi Hu, Xiaoming Sun, Gangyi Chen, Zhen Ma, Yang Song, Chao Wang   +7 more
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Illness perception characteristics and influencing factors in adult patients with myasthenia gravis in China

Brain and Behavior, 2022
Objective We aimed to examine the illness perception characteristics of patients with myasthenia gravis and analyze the associated factors. Methods A general information questionnaire, Illness Perception Questionnaire, and Simplified Coping Style ...
Le Xu, Xia Wang, Yafeng Cui, Yanghua Tian, Nong Zhou, Juanjuan Zhang, Hiaxia Ji, Xiumei Cheng, Qin Zhang, Qingfeng Li, Panpan Hu, Long Zhang   +11 more
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‘It kinda sucks’: Illness perception of a group of South African adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2021
Background: Living with diabetes is challenging, especially for adolescents at risk of poor glycaemic control. Understanding the illness perceptions of this group is important to be able to develop interventions for this growing population in need. Aim:
Schvaugn Lesage, Elmari Deacon, Esmé van Rensburg, David Segal   +3 more
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Illness Perceptions and Fatigue in Systemic Vasculitis [PDF]

Arthritis Care & Research, 2013
ObjectiveTo compare illness perceptions among patients with different forms of vasculitis, identify risk factors for negative illness perceptions, and determine the association between illness perceptions and fatigue.MethodsParticipants were recruited from an online vasculitis registry to complete the revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ‐R ...
Grayson, Peter C., Amudala, Naomi A., Mcalear, Carol A., Leduc, Renee L., Shereff, Denise, Richesson, Rachel, Fraenkel, Liana, Merkel, Peter A.   +7 more
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