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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Measuring illness beliefs

Measuring illness beliefs

In order to delve further into beliefs about illness, researchers in New Zealand and the UK have developed the ‘Illness Perception Questionnaire’ (IPQ). This asks people to rate a series of statements about their illness. These statements reflect the dimensions of identity (e.g. symptoms such as pain, tiredness), consequences (e.g. ‘My illness has had major consequences on my life’), time line (e.g. ‘My illness will last a short time’), cause (e.g. ‘Stress was a major factor in causing my illness’) and cure/control (e.g. ‘There is a lot I can do to control my symptoms’).

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