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Knowledge, attitude and perceptions of medical students towards mental health in a university in Uganda

BMC Medical Education, 2022
Background The prevalence of mental illness among medical students is high. A gap remains on what knowledge should be given to improve the attitudes and perceptions towards mental health.
Raymond Bernard Kihumuro, Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Timothy Mwanje Kintu, Rachael Mukisa Nakandi, David Richard Muwanga, David Jolly Muganzi, Pius Atwau, Innocent Ayesiga, Josephine Nambi Najjuma, Scholastic Ashaba   +9 more
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Exploring illness perceptions of multimorbidity among community-dwelling older adults: A mixed methods study

Aging and Health Research, 2023
Background: Illness perceptions are individual beliefs or experiences about the nature and treatment of their illness. While extensive research exists on illness perceptions, less is known about illness perceptions of multimorbidity. Methods: The purpose
Ayomide Okanlawon Bankole, Rozmin B Jiwani, Forgive Avorgbedor, Jing Wang, Onome Henry Osokpo, Sara L. Gill, Carrie Jo Braden   +6 more
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Illness perceptions predict distress in patients with chronic kidney disease

BMC Psychology, 2021
Background Patients diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) report increased distress associated with their clinical diagnosis. Distress in patients with predialysis CKD, has been linked to several adverse events; including increased risk of ...
Priscilla Muscat, John Weinman, Emanuel Farrugia, Roberta Callus, Joseph Chilcot   +4 more
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Illness perceptions in relation to experiences of contemporary cancer care settings among colorectal cancer survivors and their partners

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2014
Illness is constituted by subjective experiences of symptoms and their psychosocial consequences. Illness perceptions concern people's lay beliefs about understandings and interpretation of a disease and expectations as to disease outcome.
Ann-Caroline Johansson, Malin Axelsson, Ina Berndtsson, Eva Brink   +3 more
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Family health narratives : midlife women’s concepts of vulnerability to illness [PDF]

, 2008
Perceptions of vulnerability to illness are strongly influenced by the salience given to personal experience of illness in the family. This article proposes that this salience is created through autobiographical narrative, both as individual life story ...
Antje Lindenmeyer, Diane Thompson, Eileen Green, Featherstone, K., Frances Griffiths, Green, E., Griffiths, F., Lawler, S., Lupton, D., Maria Tsouroufli   +9 more
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Students′ perception about mental illness

Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2009
In developing countries like India, there are evidences that stigma associated with mental illness is increasing. As in parts of the developing world, with advancement of urbanization and rapid industrialization, people tend to react in a very peculiar and biased way when they confront a mentally ill person.The present study aimed to find out students'
R K Mahto, P K Verma, A N Verma, A R Singh, S Chaudhury, K Shantna   +5 more
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Illness perceptions of Libyans with T2DM and their influence on medication adherence: a study in a diabetes center in Tripoli. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundThe surrounding environment influences the constitution of illness perceptions. Therefore, local research is needed to examine how Libyan diabetes patients perceive diabetes and how their perceptions influence their medication adherence ...
Ashur, Sana Taher, Bosseri, Soad, Morisky, Donald E, Shah, Shamsul Azhar, Shamsuddin, Khadijah   +4 more
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Illness perceptions among carer-survivor dyads are related to psychological distress among Oesophageal cancer survivors [PDF]

, 2011
ObjectiveTo examine the extent to which the illness perceptions of Oesophageal cancer survivors and the illness perceptions of their carers explain the survivors' levels of psychological distress (in terms of anxiety and depression symptoms) relative to ...
Brennan, Emma, Dempster, Martin, Donnelly, Michael, Johnston, Brian T., McCorry, Noleen K., Murray, Liam J.   +5 more
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The influence of 'significant others' on persistent back pain and work participation: a qualitative exploration of illness perceptions [PDF]

, 2011
Background Individual illness perceptions have been highlighted as important influences on clinical outcomes for back pain. However, the illness perceptions of 'significant others' (spouse/partner/close family member) are rarely explored, particularly ...
A Cano, B Ong, C Phillips, D Goodman, DC Turk, DWP, DWP, DWP, E MacEachen, F Toye, G Waddell, G Waddell, G Waddell, G Waddell, G Wynne-Jones, H Flor, H Leventhal, HSE, J Hoving, J Weinman, JM Romano, JM Romano, Joanna Brooks, K Vroman, Kim Burton, L Highbed, M Hammersley, M Van-Tulder, MC Barnes, MK Nicholas, MT Leonard, MW Stroud, N Gauthier, N King, N King, N Maniadakis, NE Foster, NE Foster, Nigel King, P Wynn, PM Dekkers-Sanchez, R Moss-Morris, Romano, S McCluskey, Serena McCluskey, V Senior   +45 more
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Illness perceptions of leprosy-cured individuals in Surinam with residual disfigurements – “I am cured, but still I am ill” [PDF]

, 2016
Objective Leprosy has rarely been the subject of health psychology research despite its substantial impact. Our aim was to explore illness perceptions in patients and their health care providers in Surinam.
Kaptein, Ad A., Lawrence, Maggie, Menke, Jack, Reyme, Melinda, van Haaren, Mark A.C.   +4 more
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