A5008230452- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Pain Management and Treatment
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Karolinska Institutet
2014-2022
Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is a disabling condition associated with decrease in health. Illness beliefs are individual and acquired during life. Constraining may prevent patients from regaining Understanding these patients' illness be way to improve the health care they offered. The aim of this study was describe among CWP associations self-reported health, anxiety depressive symptoms, impact pain.In cross-sectional study, questionnaires were sent by mail 330 including socio-demographic...
This study describes the translation and cultural adaptation procedure guidelines for Illness Invalidation Inventory use in Sweden. includes responses to negative social interactions lack of positive interactions, that can negatively affect health suffering. Although invalidation is a recognized phenomenon, Sweden no instruments exist describe measure invalidation. To this end, evaluates as an instrument measuring Swedish context. Internationally ten-step were used. Both forward back...
Järemo P, Arman M. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2011; 17 : 370–379 Causes illness—Constraining and facilitating beliefs The aim this study was to enhance knowledge about patients' related different kinds illnesses describe understand their as they relate outlook on illnesses. Fifty‐two patients with various illness symptoms receiving integrative anthroposophic care answered an item in a questionnaire own thinking the causes illness. method used for analysis qualitative content...
The concept of "invalidation" refers to the patient's perception that social environment does not recognize their medical condition. This study explores and describes invalidation experiences among Swedish patients with chronic widespread pain regard sociodemographic characteristics, impact pain, self-reported health, symptoms anxiety depressive.A cross-sectional design using questionnaires, including variables, Illness Invalidation Inventory (Likert scale items regarding 5 sources),...