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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"illness perception"”.
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Illness perception of Type 2 Diabetic patients in Malaysia
… 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 approach grounded in …
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Illness Perception and Cardiovascular Risk Awareness in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
… DM population and this study is no exception. Illness perception (IP) has been shown to affect positive healthcare behaviors in people with T2DM however the relationship between IP and CVD risk awareness (CVD-RA) has never been evaluated. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a …
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Quality of life and illness perception in stroke patients : a 12 month study
… This research examines the quality of life and illness perceptions in stroke patients in a longitudinal, multi- centred study. 203 stroke patients from Belfast and Dublin hospitals were recruited and assessed on admission for stroke. Patients will be cognitively capable of participation. …
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Relationship of Illness Perception and Fear of Cancer Recurrence to Psychological Distress among Gynecologic Cancer Survivors
… among gynecologic cancer survivors, and illness perceptions influence psychological distress among cancer patients in general. Although a growing body of research has begun to document problems that cancer survivors experience, the generalizability of these findings related to …
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The Impact of Illness Perception in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Patients: An Exploratory Study in Rural Eastern North Carolina
… related quality of life in pulmonary patients. Illness perception, which refers to how a patient views and understands their disease state, appears to have a role in the attendance and completion of CVPR. The current study investigated the relationship between illness perception and attendance …
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Factors Influencing Blood Pressure among Rural Adults with Hypertension in China
… control. Researchers have rarely studied illness perception in China although it is one of the predictors for illness outcomes often studied in other countries. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among demographic and health-related characteristics, illness …
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Meaningful daily activity and chronic pain
… pain, psychological distress, disability, illness perception, positive affect and current treatments to manage chronic pain (CP). Clinicians also routinely administer measures of daily activity to determine what activities are being performed and determine how CP inhibits daily functioning, …
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Thought Suppression Change in Cancer Patients and Survivors After Writing
… and psychologically straining features. The illness perception theory states that individuals form illness representations to make sense of health threats and illness. These representations contain a number of individual, specific attributes about the illness identity, and cause, time-line, …
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Association Between Health-Related Perceptions and Treatment Outcomes in an Interdisciplinary Pain Management Program
… It has been suggested that patient beliefs/perceptions play a role in treatment outcome, and the current study seeks to further explore this relationship in order to determine the extent to which health-related beliefs and perceptions effect treatment outcome. SUBJECTS: The study consisted …
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Illness perceptions of heart failure patients with an implanted device : relationship to psychological distress and quality of life
… (CRT, CRT-D and ICD). Measures used were, the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised (IPQ-R), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Short Form 12 Health Survey (SF-12).Results:A significant number of patients, across device groups, reported clinically significant anxiety …
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Improving cardiac rehabilitation session attendance using the Self-Regulatory Model and motivational interviewing: A randomised controlled trial
… was structured to elicit and change patients' illness perceptions, and to enhance motivation. Design: Randomised, controlled trial. Participants: Patients attending for their first Phase III CR class were recruited. Outcome Measures: The primary outcome measure was the number of rehabilitation …
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Computer-Administered Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) and Psychiatric Screening in Outpatient Pain Patients: Effect of a Point-of-Care Biopsychosocial Patient Health Report on Treatment Outcomes
… ratings from both patients and providers]), and illness perception and optimism (Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire [BIPQ]; Life Orientation Test- Revised). Performance-based data (walking time, grip strength, range-of-motion/flexibility) were collected by the physical therapist for study …
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Patient Perceptions of Comorbid Depression in Heart Disease
… outcomes. In samples of patients with medical illness as well as in patients with depression, illness perceptions have been useful in predicting both treatment outcomes and self-management behaviors such as coping and adherence. This is the first study to examine patient perceptions of comorbid …
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Alexithymia in Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
… variables were significantly related to illness course, and only perceived stress of major life events was significantly correlated with disease severity. In contrast, all of the psychological variables showed significant inverse correlations with disease-specific quality of life. …
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Illness Perceptions of Patients with Late-Stage Cancer and Their Partners
… with their psychological adjustment and illness-related behaviors. The current studies used the Common-sense Model of Self-regulation (Leventhal, Brissette, & Leventhal, 2003) to understand how patients and their partners manage the demands of this understudied illness context. The …
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Illness Perceptions and Self-Efficacy in African American Women Diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
… in the United States. Of the research on health perceptions and behavioral modification, there has been limited research examining African American women’s beliefs and perceptions about their illness or views about their own self efficacy which is the ability to exercise some measure of control …
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Influential Factors for Disclosing a Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Diagnosis to Romantic Partners
… disclosure experiences, TSC features, and Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief IPQ) scores. The goal of the survey was to identify patterns of diagnosis disclosure to romantic partners and assess the factors considered in deciding when or whether to disclose their diagnosis. As the …
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The role of self-compassion in adjustment following myocardial infarction
… Scale, HADS, Zigmond & Snaith, 1983) , illness perceptions (Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire, Brief-IPQ, Broadbent, Petrie, Main, & Weinman, 2006) and cardiac symptoms (Ketterer et al., 2008). Cardiac function post MI was assessed using a measure of left ventricular ejection …
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Cancer Treatment-Related Fatigue: Psychometric Testing of the Cancer Treatment-Related Fatigue Representation Scale (CTRFRep) in Patients Undergoing Radiation Treatment for Cancer
… (CTRFRep), based on an existing measure, the Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R). The study included 47 patients (mean age=57.7 years) receiving radiation therapy for cancer interviewed one month post-treatment. 77% of patients had fatigue during treatment. Three content experts and one …
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