PMID- 31420775
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 2509-8020 (Electronic)
IS  - 2509-8020 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019 Aug 16
TI  - Perception of illness among patients with heart failure is related to their 
      general health independently of their mood and functional capacity.
PG  - 55
LID - 10.1186/s41687-019-0142-1 [doi]
LID - 55
AB  - PURPOSE: To explore the relationship between illness perceptions and 
      self-reported general health of patients with chronic heart disease, using some 
      core elements from the Common Sense Model. METHODS: Patients with heart failure 
      (New York Heart Association [NYHA] Functional Class I-III) from five outpatient 
      clinics in Eastern Norway were invited to participate in this cross-sectional 
      study. Two research nurses collected socio-demographic data (age, sex, education 
      and work status) and standardized questionnaires in structured interviews. 
      Patients' self-reported general health was measured with the Euro-Qual Visual 
      Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS), illness perceptions were measured with the 8-item Brief 
      Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ), and mood was assessed using the Hospital 
      Anxiety and Depression Scale. RESULTS: Among the 220 patients who were recruited 
      into this study (98% response rate), the mean age was 67.5 years (SD +/- 12.5), and 
      65.9% were men. Patients were classified as NYHA Class I (8.7% with no activity 
      limitations), Class II (47.6% with slight limitations), or Class III (43.8% with 
      marked limitations). Mean EQ-VAS score was 58.8 (SD +/- 21.0). Three of the eight 
      perception of illness items (consequences, personal control and identity) were 
      associated with the patients' general health rating, controlling for their NYHA 
      Class, mood and other BIPQ items. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that 
      patients' perceptions of their illness have an independent and substantial 
      relationship to the self-rated general health of patients with chronic heart 
      failure. Peoples' illness perceptions are beliefs that have been shown to be 
      modifiable in clinical interventions. Thus, targeted interventions aimed to 
      modify these, such as patient education courses, ought to be developed and 
      tested, as they may be helpful for improving perceived health status.
FAU - Lerdal, Anners
AU  - Lerdal A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7144-5096
AD  - Department of Nursing Science, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of 
      Medicine, University of Oslo, P.O. Box. 1130, N-0318, Oslo, Blindern, Norway. 
      anners.lerdal@medisin.uio.no.
AD  - Department for Patient Safety and Research, Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital, P.O. 
      Box 04970, Nydalen, N-0440, Oslo, Norway. anners.lerdal@medisin.uio.no.
FAU - Hofoss, Dag
AU  - Hofoss D
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6888-6333
AD  - Lovisenberg Diaconal University College, Lovisenberggata 15b, N-0456, Oslo, 
      Norway.
AD  - Department of Health Management and Health Economics, Faculty of Medicine, 
      Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, P.O. Box. 1130, Blindern, 
      N-0318, Oslo, Norway.
FAU - Gay, Caryl L
AU  - Gay CL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6865-6335
AD  - Department for Patient Safety and Research, Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital, P.O. 
      Box 04970, Nydalen, N-0440, Oslo, Norway.
AD  - Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San 
      Francisco, 2 Koret Way, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
FAU - Fagermoen, May Solveig
AU  - Fagermoen MS
AD  - Department of Nursing Science, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of 
      Medicine, University of Oslo, P.O. Box. 1130, N-0318, Oslo, Blindern, Norway.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190816
PL  - Germany
TA  - J Patient Rep Outcomes
JT  - Journal of patient-reported outcomes
JID - 101722688
PMC - PMC6702592
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Anxiety
OT  - Depression
OT  - Functioning
OT  - Heart failure
OT  - Illness perception
OT  - Quality of life
COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
EDAT- 2019/08/20 06:00
MHDA- 2019/08/20 06:01
PMCR- 2019/08/16
CRDT- 2019/08/18 06:00
PHST- 2019/03/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/07/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/08/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/08/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/08/20 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2019/08/16 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s41687-019-0142-1 [pii]
AID - 142 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s41687-019-0142-1 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2019 Aug 16;3(1):55. doi: 10.1186/s41687-019-0142-1.