Abstract Objective: There is some evidence that causal beliefs are related with adherence behaviors. The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between illness causal beliefs, demographic factors and medication adherence among a group of patients with type 2 diabetes. Materials and Methods: Ninety-three patients with type 2 diabetes participated in this study using convenien...

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...

abstract objective: there is some evidence that causal beliefs are related with adherence behaviors. the aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between illness causal beliefs, demographic factors and medication adherence among a group of patients with type 2 diabetes. materials and methods: ninety-three patients with type 2 diabetes participated in this study using convenience...

background : irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a disorder of the gastrointestinal system that presents with special gastrointestinal signs and lack of an organic etiology. quality of life (qol) is one of the most important outcomes of ibs. several psychological factors are mentioned as effective in determining qol in ibs patients. the goal of this study is to determined the relationship between...

Abstract The Common Sense Model refers to the association between disease perception and health behaviors. This study aimed analyze psychometric properties of Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire for Healthy People - (IPQ-RH) in healthy women about breast cancer. A total 321 participated, with a mean age 55.72 years old (SD = 10.75), users Basic Health Units. Confirmatory factor analyzes (C...