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Evaluation of Relationship between Health Literacy and Illness Perception in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Iran

Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery, 2022
Background: Inadequate health literacy has negative effects on physical and mental performance, medication adherence, self-care behaviors and quality of life .
Fariba Abdollahi, Seyede Soghra Taher Harikandeie, Leila Dehghankar, Zahra Tayebi Myaneh, Simin Zarrabadi Pour   +4 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 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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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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Tropical illness profiles the psychology of illness perception in Malawi

Public Health, 1997
Psychological and social investigations of tropical diseases can make a significant contribution to understanding and managing many illnesses. One-hundred and seventy-five Malawian university students rated peopled who suffered from AIDS, malaria, schistosomiasis and the 'common cold', on 11 psycho-social dimensions related to illness.
MacLachlan, Malcolm, Namangale, JJ
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The Relation of Disease Characteristics with Type D Personality and Illness Perception in Patients with Gout [PDF]

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate type D personality and its relationship with illness perception and other disease parameters in patients with gout.
Erkan KOZANOĞLU, Aylin SARIYILDIZ, İlke COŞKUN BENLİDAYI, Ayşegül YETİŞİR, Kübra TUNCER   +4 more
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Illness acceptance, health perception, and hopelessness levels in stroke survivors: A cross-sectional and correlational study

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Highlights • Participants showed moderate levels of illness acceptance and mild levels of hopelessness. The mean health perception score was 50.30±0.59.
Sena Nur Yapar, Fatma Özcan Tuncay
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Challenges of a Pregnancy Gone Wrong: Pregnancy Complications, Illness Perceptions and Distress [PDF]

, 2014
Women with pregnancy complications need to cope with a pregnancy that can have life changing consequences. The objective of this research project was to understand the experience of women who had been diagnosed with a pregnancy complication. The research
Currie, Jane Christina Helen
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Illness Perceptions, Adjustment to Illness, and Depression in a Palliative Care Population [PDF]

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2011
AbstractContextRepresentations of illness have been studied in several populations but research is limited in palliative care.ObjectiveTo describe illness representations in a population with advanced disease receiving palliative care; and to examine the relationship between illness perceptions, adaptive coping and depression.MethodsA cross-sectional ...
Price, A, Goodwin, L, Rayner, L, Shaw, E, Hansford, P, Sykes, N, Monroe, B, Higginson, I, Hotopf, M, Lee, W   +9 more
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The Relationship between Illness Perception and Symptom Severity in Pa-tients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2011
Background: Patient`s illness perception is formed base on patient`s beliefs and perceived information about their condition and it may influence the individual’s mental health and how the patient deal with the medical condition.
Hamid Afshar, Reza Bagherian, Nasim Foroozandeh, Newsha Khorramian, Hamed Daghaghzadeh, Mohammad Reza Maracy, Peyman Adibi   +6 more
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