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 …

Objective: This paper aims to systematically review the use and performance of the Brief
Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief IPQ). Design: Electronic databases were searched …

BACKGROUND: Patients who seek medical care and who are prescribed medication may
choose to either accept or not accept the prescriber's recommendations to use the …

BACKGROUND: Program adherence has been associated with improved intervention
outcomes for mental and physical conditions. The aim of the current study is to investigate …

Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) patients have impaired domains of health-related
quality of life (HRQOL). Hydroxyurea is safe and efficacious in SCD; however, adherence is …

Abstract Background and Aims Non-adherence to anti-tumour necrosis factor [TNF] agents
in patients with inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] is a serious problem. In this study, we …

The aim of this meta-analysis was to explore whether mental representations, derived from
the common-sense model of illness representations (CSM), were able to predict adherence …

Background Many young people with anxiety or depression drop out of treatment early,
and/or leave treatment without showing measurably improved symptom levels. To enhance …

ABSTRACT Background The Revised Illness Perceptions Questionnaire (IPQ-R) is a well-
established measure for measuring illness representations with sound psychometric …

Young people (YP) with chronic illness have higher rates of mental health problems than the
general population, with psychosocial complexity associated with nonadherence and poorer …