BACKGROUND Psoriasis is a disease which may have a direct impact on the psychological and social aspects of the patient, particularly due to its visibility. To date, we are unaware of any study showing a relationship between psoriasis and psychological parameters such as psychological vulnerability and coping strategies. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of psoriasis...

This study aimed to examine whether changes in the illness perceptions of oesophageal cancer survivors explain changes in their levels of psychological distress relative to demographic and biomedical variables and coping strategies. Oesophageal cancer survivors completed the Illness Perception Questionnaire - Revised, the Cancer Coping Questionnaire and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale...

Impairments of sensory perception that occur during a period of critical care can seriously impact on health and nutritional status, activities of daily living, independence, quality of life and the possibility of recovery. It is emphasized from the outset that sensory losses in critically-ill patients may or may not be related to their current medical condition. The present paper provides an o...

177 AU: Banerji D & Andersen S TI : A sociological study of the awareness of symptoms among persons with pulmonary tuberculosis. SO: BULL WHO 1963, 29, 665-683. DT: Per AB: This study was undertaken in 34 villages and 4 town blocks where a few weeks earlier an epidemiological survey was carried out. All persons above 20 years whose photofluorograms were read as inactive, probably active, or act...

Health psychology researchers have begun to focus greater attention on people's beliefs about health/illness since these beliefs can clearly affect behavior. This cross-sectional study aimed at (1) identifying the most common factors psychotic patients attribute their illness to and (2) assessing the association between causal attribution and illness perception (cognitive, emotional, and compre...

Background The surrounding environment influences the constitution of illness perceptions. Therefore, local research is needed to examine how Libyan diabetes patients perceive diabetes and how their perceptions influence their medication adherence. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted at the National Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology in Tripoli, Libya, between October and December ...

Bronchial asthma is a major chronic illness and its prevalence is increasing all over the world. The control of the symptoms of asthma is related to the perception of its symptoms. A descriptive study was conducted with the objective of to assess the illness perception among bronchial asthma patients in a tertiary care hospital for a period of 2 months. 110 patients with bronchial asthma, selec...