… of illness perceptions of breast cancer in the society [22,23]. Therefore, this study used the
revised IPQ to explore the illness representations of breast cancer in affected women in Iran. …

… The aim of this study is to examine the illness perceptions of women with breast cancer
and possible relationships between these perceptions and descriptive characteristics such as …

… Illness perceptions vary per individual and per culture. This is also illustrated in our results,
where illness perceptions studies are included in women … While Japanese and Dutch women …

… Women with a positive illness perception obtained higher scores in all the QoL domains
except for sexual enjoyment (BRSEE), with no statistically significant differences observed in …

… is the first or second malignancy among women worldwide. … to focus on illness perception
behavioral and emotional … factors which are related or affected illness perception and also are …

… this investigation included illness perceptions in partners and illness severity, marital … illness
perceptions of women with RA to those of their husbands to determine if illness perception …

… Firstly, to compare illness perceptions of breast cancer in women at increased risk due to
their family history and a comparison group of women with no familial experience of the disease…

… illness perceptions and HRQoL in women and men with AF and to explore the relationship
between illness perceptions … to describe illness perceptions and HRQoL in women and men …

… was to describe and compare illness perception, knowledge and self-care in women with and
… were 92 women (aged 18-59) from primary care unity divided into two groups: women with …

… illness perceptions reported by the participants in the current study. Although encouraging,
these findings might have deleterious effects on health behaviors [22,23]. Therefore, in order …