Background. Health-related quality of life (QoL) in haemodialysis (HD) patients is a
significant predictor of mortality and hospitalization. Patients' adaptation to a chronic disease …

Objectives. To examine the role and relative impact of illness perceptions, coping strategies
and clinical disease indicators on adjustment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Method …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a cognitive‐behavioral
psoriasis symptom management programme (PSMP) on patient‐held perceptions about …

Background Vitiligo is a common disease with an unknown etiology. It is a chronic disease
which causes severe disfigurement, and so may significantly affect a patient's quality of life …

Background. Using the theoretical framework of the Self Regulation Model (SRM), many
studies have demonstrated that beliefs individuals hold about their physical health problems …

Imagine waking up one morning with a splitting headache. The pounding pain flares as you
lift your head off the pillow. You then notice that your eyes hurt when you move them and …

Abstract The Self-regulation Model (SRM) proposed by Leventhal and colleagues (H.
Leventhal, Meyer, & Nerenz, 1980) argues that cognitive representations of a health threat …

Objectives: The objectives were, first, to identify factors associated with regular diabetes care‐
seeking and, second, to compare the performance of the Illness Perception Questionnaire …

This study explored whether an emotional Stroop paradigm might represent an appropriate
means of assessing individuals' emotional representations of asthma. In addition, the …

Physical symptoms are very common. If you stop and ask people in the street about recent
symptoms you will find most people will have experienced at least one symptom such as …