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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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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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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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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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Illness Perceptions of COVID-19 in Europe: Predictors, Impacts and Temporal Evolution

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Objective: Illness perceptions (IP) are important predictors of emotional and behavioral responses in many diseases. The current study aims to investigate the COVID-19-related IP throughout Europe.
David Dias Neto, David Dias Neto, Ana Nunes da Silva, Magda Sofia Roberto, Jelena Lubenko, Marios Constantinou, Christiana Nicolaou, Demetris Lamnisos, Savvas Papacostas, Stefan Höfer, Giovambattista Presti, Valeria Squatrito, Vasilis S. Vasiliou, Louise McHugh, Jean-Louis Monestès, Adriana Baban, Javier Alvarez-Galvez, Marisa Paez-Blarrina, Francisco Montesinos, Sonsoles Valdivia-Salas, Dorottya Ori, Raimo Lappalainen, Bartosz Kleszcz, Andrew Gloster, Maria Karekla, Angelos P. Kassianos, Angelos P. Kassianos   +26 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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Illness perceptions predict mortality in patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease: a prospective observational study

BMC Nephrology, 2020
Background Illness perceptions have been shown to predict a range of psychosocial and clinical outcomes in kidney disease; including quality of life, distress, treatment adherence and even survival in end-stage renal disease patients on dialysis. The aim
Priscilla Muscat, John Weinman, Emanuel Farrugia, Liberato Camilleri, Joseph Chilcot   +4 more
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Longitudinal evaluation of the effects of illness perceptions and beliefs about cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life of patients with coronary artery disease and their caregivers

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2020
Background Patients’ negative illness perceptions and beliefs about cardiac rehabilitation (CR) can influence uptake and adherence to CR. Little is known about the interpartner influence of these antecedent variables on quality of life of patients with ...
Patricia Thomson, Neil J. Angus, Federico Andreis, Gordon F. Rushworth, Andrea R. Mohan, Misook L. Chung, Stephen J. Leslie   +6 more
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The impact of the illness label ‘gout’ on illness and treatment perceptions in Māori (Indigenous New Zealanders)

BMC Rheumatology, 2020
Background Despite contemporary advances in understanding pathogenesis and effective management of gout, beliefs about the disease continue to be focused on gout as a self-inflicted illness.
Nicola Dalbeth, Meihana Douglas, Kate MacKrill, Leanne Te Karu, Maria Kleinstäuber, Keith J. Petrie   +5 more
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Representations of depression and schizophrenia in the community: The role of illness and risk perceptions on help-seeking intentions

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
ObjectiveIllness perceptions (IPs) are important in understanding human reactions to illnesses, including mental health disorders. They influence risk perceptions and several variables relevant to the adjustment to a disorder, treatment seeking, and ...
David Dias Neto, David Dias Neto, Maria João Figueiras, Rita Sebastião, Rita Sebastião   +4 more
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