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Parental Perceptions of Childhood Illness

Journal of Asthma, 1991
This article takes parental perception as the starting point of an analysis of the relationship between ill children, their families, and their doctors in the handling of a child's illness. A modified version of Creer, Marion, and Creer's Asthma Problem Behavior Checklist, adapted to suit Italian conditions, was used.
G, Peri, E, Molinari, A, Taverna
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Illness perception in bulimia nervosa

Journal of Health Psychology, 2011
The study was designed to extend our understanding of illness perceptions in patients with bulimia nervosa (BN). Seventy-eight participants with BN or BN-type Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS-BN) completed the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) ( Moss-Morris et al., 2002 ). Clinical variables were also assessed. Participants
DeJong, Hannah, Hillcoat, Jessica, Perkins, Sarah, Grover, Miriam, Schmidt, Ulrike   +4 more
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Patients’ perception of their depressive illness

Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2003
Perception of illness has been described as an important predictor in the medical health psychology literature, but has been given little attention in the domain of mental disorders. The patient's Perception of Depression Questionnaire (PDIQ) is a newly developed measure whose factor structure and psychometric properties were evaluated on a sample of ...
Rachel, Manber, Andrea S, Chambers, Sabrina K, Hitt, Cynthia, McGahuey, Pedro, Delgado, John J B, Allen   +5 more
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Aging and the Perception of Illness

Research on Aging, 1984
The purpose of these studies is to learn more about how aging and illness are perceived by assessing cognitive and emotional representations of illness, coping behaviors and perceived efficacy of coping behavior. Age-related differences were found in emotional representations of illnesses, and in expectations of coping ability.
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The Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2006
This study evaluates the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief IPQ), a nine-item scale designed to rapidly assess the cognitive and emotional representations of illness.We assessed the test-retest reliability of the scale in 132 renal outpatients.
Elizabeth, Broadbent, Keith J, Petrie, Jodie, Main, John, Weinman   +3 more
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Perceptions of illness and healing

Social Science & Medicine (1967), 1973
Abstract Patients, physicians, scientists and public health officials hold variant perceptions of the processes of illness, injury and unnecessary death that afflict human populationd. As these different role performers in the field of health care interact, numerous conflicts arise because the full set of operating values and assumptions are not ...
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Illness perceptions in patients with fibromyalgia

Patient Education and Counseling, 2009
Former studies in chronic diseases showed the importance of patients' beliefs and perceptions. The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire was developed to assess these illness perceptions. Our goal was to investigate psychometric properties of the IPQ-R for Fibromyalgia Dutch language version (IPQ-R FM-Dlv) and to describe illness perceptions of ...
Van Ittersum, M. W., van Wilgen, C. P., Hilberdink, W. K. H. A., Groothoff, J. W., van der Schans, C. P.   +4 more
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Parental Perception of Urgency of Illness

Pediatric Emergency Care, 2010
To assess parental perception of urgency of illness and compare this with an emergency department (ED) physician's assessment of the same.A prospective study was conducted on convenience sample of parents/legal guardians of 800 patients presenting to the pediatric ED.
Shiva, Kalidindi, Prashant, Mahajan, Ronald, Thomas, Usha, Sethuraman   +3 more
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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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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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