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Uncertainty in Illness Across the HIV/AIDS Trajectory
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 1998Uncertainty is a chronic and pervasive source of psychological distress for persons living with HIV. Numerous sources of heightened uncertainty, including complex changing treatments, ambiguous symptom patterns, and fears of ostracizing social response, play a critical role in the experience of HIV-positive persons and are linked with negative ...
Nancy R Reynolds +2 more
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Journal of American College Health, 2017
To examine predictors of psychological functioning in college students with chronic illnesses.Participants (N = 1413) included 364 students with self-reported diagnoses of asthma or allergies, 148 students with other chronic illnesses (eg, epilepsy, type 1 diabetes), and 901 healthy students.
Kaitlyn L Gamwell +2 more
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To examine predictors of psychological functioning in college students with chronic illnesses.Participants (N = 1413) included 364 students with self-reported diagnoses of asthma or allergies, 148 students with other chronic illnesses (eg, epilepsy, type 1 diabetes), and 901 healthy students.
Kaitlyn L Gamwell +2 more
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Annals of the International Communication Association, 2018
ABSTRACTCommunication scholars have been long interested in uncertainty and its connection to communicative actions.
Kai Kuang
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ABSTRACTCommunication scholars have been long interested in uncertainty and its connection to communicative actions.
Kai Kuang
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Parental Uncertainty in Illness: Managing Uncertainty Surrounding an "Orphan" Illness
Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 2014Parents of children with complex chronic illnesses experience substantial uncertainty that is heightened when the condition is an "orphan" illness not belonging to one medical specialty. The current study explores uncertainty experienced by parents of children with "orphan" illnesses requiring multidisciplinary care.Participant-observations over 13 ...
Anna M, Kerr, Stephen M, Haas
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The illness uncertainty concept: A review
Current Pain and Headache Reports, 2009Illness uncertainty is present for both acute and chronic illnesses and has been described in the literature as a cognitive stressor, a sense of loss of control, and a perceptual state of doubt that changes over time. Illness uncertainty is associated with poor adjustment, but often needs to be appraised as a threat to have its deleterious effect.
Lisa, Johnson Wright +2 more
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Image: the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 1988
The middle‐range nursing theory of uncertainty in illness is presented from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. The theory explains how persons construct meaning for illness events, with uncertainty indicating the absence of meaning. A model of the uncertainty theory displaying the concepts and their relationships forms the basis for the ...
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The middle‐range nursing theory of uncertainty in illness is presented from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. The theory explains how persons construct meaning for illness events, with uncertainty indicating the absence of meaning. A model of the uncertainty theory displaying the concepts and their relationships forms the basis for the ...
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Annual Review of Nursing Research, 1997
In this chapter, the research on uncertainty in acute illness is reviewed and critiqued. Both qualitative and quantitative studies are included. The review considers the cause and consequences of uncertainty from research on adults and from research on parents of acutely ill children.
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In this chapter, the research on uncertainty in acute illness is reviewed and critiqued. Both qualitative and quantitative studies are included. The review considers the cause and consequences of uncertainty from research on adults and from research on parents of acutely ill children.
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Illness uncertainty and risk management for people with cancer
Australian Journal of General Practice, 2022Patients with cancer live with considerable uncertainty. This uncertainty can be related to the process of diagnosis, treatment, remission or palliative care, and therefore it can be experienced repeatedly or continuously throughout a patient's life. For patients with low literacy or low numeracy, it can be difficult to access, understand and interpret
Louise, Stone, Anna, Olsen
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Orthopaedic Nursing, 2003
The purpose of this article is to report an integrative review of uncertainty in the illness experience, describe the uncertainty in illness theory, and to discuss the importance of assessing the appraisal of uncertainty experienced in illness with individuals and families faced with illness.
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The purpose of this article is to report an integrative review of uncertainty in the illness experience, describe the uncertainty in illness theory, and to discuss the importance of assessing the appraisal of uncertainty experienced in illness with individuals and families faced with illness.
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Uncertainty in Chronic Illness
Annual Review of Nursing Research, 1999In this chapter, the research on uncertainty in chronic illness is reviewed and critiqued. Two theoretical perspectives of uncertainty that can be applied across the range of chronic illness are presented. Research on the causes and consequences of uncertainty in chronic illness are considered and critiqued.
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