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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Illness Beliefs"”.
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Anxiety, illness, beliefs and management of child type 1 diabetes
This portfolio thesis is comprised of three parts; a systematic literature review, an empirical study and a set of appendices.
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Understanding the hidden experience of head and neck cancer patients: a qualitative exploration of beliefs and mental images
Patients’ beliefs about their illness are known to influence their experiences of illness, its psychological impact, their health behaviours, and overall health outcomes. Research into illness beliefs has typically involved written or oral methods, yet recent studies have suggested that patients’ …
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Development of an Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress in Post-Treatment Upper GI Cancer Patients and Family Carers
… and their family carers. Patient and carer illness beliefs have been identified as a possible determinant of poor psychological wellbeing. This thesis aims to progress our understanding of illness beliefs as a determinant of psychological distress in oesophageal cancer patients and family …
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Perceptions of cause and control in people with Parkinson's disease
Theories of self-regulation suggest that illness beliefs can impact on wellbeing and adaptation and also influence a wide range of health related behaviours. This work is concerned with two particular illness beliefs in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), namely perceptions of cause and …
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Living with a long-term physical health condition: Young people's perceptions of participation in everyday activities, wellbeing and support
… They also completed measures of wellbeing and illness beliefs. To conceptualise perceived support, constructs from basic psychological needs theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000) were used to explore and measure support for autonomy, relatedness and competence (ARC) across external networks including …
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With great power comes great responsibility : exploring identified factors that influence non-compliance behaviour in the South African liver transplant population
… explored further in the South African context: beliefs about medicine; perceptions about one's condition; the effect of transplantation; and family dynamics and finances. The aims of the present study are to explore the possible relationships between patients' beliefs about their illness; …
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Culture Care Education and Experiences of African American Students in Predominantly Euro American Associate Degree Nursing Programs
… used as a framework to describe the worldview, beliefs, values, and meanings of their lifeways. Interviews were conducted with nine key informants and nineteen general informants from eight associate degree nursing programs located in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey. Analysis …
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The exploration of self-regulation and transfer anxiety within stroke patients transferred from a hyper acute stroke unit to a ward
… stroke unit has yet to be explored. A patient's beliefs regarding their illness are important factors that aid a patients' recovery yet these have not been fully explored in patients following a stroke. The aims of this study are to explore the patients' perspectives of transfer from a hyper …
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Does Every Picture Tell a Story? The Use of Medical Images for Patient Education
… patients’ understanding of health information, illness beliefs and compliance with medical advice. On the other hand, the effects of medical images are not fully understood, as this type of research is still in its early stages. This thesis aimed to explore how medical images can be effectively …
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Psychosocial Adjustment to Cancer in Younger Adults with Hodgkin Lymphoma or Testicular Cancer: Transitions to Survivorship
… included the processes of holding negative illness perceptions, taking a generalised view of cancer and adopting a stoical and silent approach. The second transition included the processes of struggling to accept the threats, losing a sense of security after treatment completion and …
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The role of contextual factors during conservative chronic low back pain management
… such as the patient-practitioner relationship, beliefs/characteristics of patients and practitioners, treatment characteristics, and the therapeutic environment may affect long-term recovery, but knowledge of their role during conservative cLBP management is limited. Translational research is …
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Understanding Women's Concerns and Coping with Worry of Breast Cancer Recurrence
… Moreover, little is known about how women's beliefs about their cancer, influence worry of recurrence, or how women manage their worry of recurrence, and whether some coping strategies are more effective than others. The current study aimed to address these research gaps by evaluating worry …
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Illness perception of Type 2 Diabetic patients in Malaysia
… Malaysia has failed to assess patients’ personal beliefs about their illness. This study employs a mixed- methods approach that triangulates findings from two data collection methods to gain a coherent insight into illness beliefs among Malaysian Type 2 diabetes patients using a psychological …