According to the common-sense model of self-regulation, individuals form lay
representations of illnesses that guide coping procedures to manage illness threat. We meta …

Through this systematic literature review, we assembled evidence to inform the EULAR
recommendations for the non-pharmacological management of systemic lupus …

Considered the most comprehensive handbook in the field, this rich resource reviews the
biological, psychological, and social factors that affect health, health behavior, and illness …

As Hill et al. point out in their powerful paper [1], there is often a difference between objective
clinical and radiographic evidence of musculoskeletal disease activity or severity and the …

Objective: To examine the association between changes in common sense models and
changes in functional status over a 6-year follow-up in patients with osteoarthritis. Design: At …

This article reviews an emerging area of research on patients with asthma: namely, illness
perceptions and their relationships with various aspects of outcome. The article briefly …

Objectives. Although Leventhal's common‐sense model (CSM) is proposed to represent a
dynamic system, limited research has been conducted to investigate whether and how …

Objectives Illness perception is a cognitive representation influencing physical and
psychological functioning and adherence in patients with rheumatic disease. Studies …

This study examined quality of life (QOL) and illness perceptions in Dutch and Japanese
patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, thereby extending the body of knowledge on …

Objective Survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has significantly
improved over the past decades. As SLE patients live longer they inevitably experience a …