Symptom Perceptions in Functional Disorders, Major Health Conditions, and Healthy Controls: A General Population Study
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Symptom Perceptions in Functional Disorders, Major Health Conditions, and Healthy Controls : A General Population Study. / Weigel, Angelika; Dantoft, Thomas Meinertz; Jørgensen, Torben; Carstensen, Tina; Löwe, Bernd; Weinman, John; Frostholm, Lisbeth.
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T1 - Symptom Perceptions in Functional Disorders, Major Health Conditions, and Healthy Controls
T2 - A General Population Study
AU - Weigel, Angelika
AU - Dantoft, Thomas Meinertz
AU - Jørgensen, Torben
AU - Carstensen, Tina
AU - Löwe, Bernd
AU - Weinman, John
AU - Frostholm, Lisbeth
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s).
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Background: The present study investigated differences in symptom perceptions between individuals with functional disorders (FD), major health conditions, and FDs + major health conditions, respectively, and a group of healthy individuals. Furthermore, it investigated the relevance of FDs among other health-related and psychological correlates of symptom perceptions in the framework of the Common Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CMS). Method: This cross-sectional study used epidemiological data from the Danish Study of Functional Disorders part two (N = 7,459 participants, 54% female, 51.99 ± 13.4 years). Symptom perceptions were assessed using the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ) and compared between the four health condition groups. Multiple regression analyses were performed to examine associations between symptom perceptions, FDs, and other health-related and psychological correlates from the CMS framework. Results: Individuals with FDs (n = 976) and those with FDs + major health conditions (n = 162) reported less favorable symptom perceptions compared to the other two groups, particularly. regarding perceived consequences, timeline, and emotional representations (effect size range Cohen's d = 0.12-0.66). The presence of a FD was significantly associated with all B-IPQ items, even in the context of 16 other relevant health-related and psychological correlates from the CMS framework, whereas symptom presence last year or last week was not. Conclusion: In the general population, symptom perceptions seem to play a more salient role in FD than in individuals with well-defined physical illness. Symptom perceptions should therefore be targeted in both primary and secondary interventions for FDs.
AB - Background: The present study investigated differences in symptom perceptions between individuals with functional disorders (FD), major health conditions, and FDs + major health conditions, respectively, and a group of healthy individuals. Furthermore, it investigated the relevance of FDs among other health-related and psychological correlates of symptom perceptions in the framework of the Common Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CMS). Method: This cross-sectional study used epidemiological data from the Danish Study of Functional Disorders part two (N = 7,459 participants, 54% female, 51.99 ± 13.4 years). Symptom perceptions were assessed using the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ) and compared between the four health condition groups. Multiple regression analyses were performed to examine associations between symptom perceptions, FDs, and other health-related and psychological correlates from the CMS framework. Results: Individuals with FDs (n = 976) and those with FDs + major health conditions (n = 162) reported less favorable symptom perceptions compared to the other two groups, particularly. regarding perceived consequences, timeline, and emotional representations (effect size range Cohen's d = 0.12-0.66). The presence of a FD was significantly associated with all B-IPQ items, even in the context of 16 other relevant health-related and psychological correlates from the CMS framework, whereas symptom presence last year or last week was not. Conclusion: In the general population, symptom perceptions seem to play a more salient role in FD than in individuals with well-defined physical illness. Symptom perceptions should therefore be targeted in both primary and secondary interventions for FDs.
KW - common-sense model of illness
KW - epidemiological study
KW - functional disorders
KW - personality traits
KW - quality of life
KW - symptom perceptions
U2 - 10.32872/cpe.7739
DO - 10.32872/cpe.7739
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36762352
AN - SCOPUS:85146267549
VL - 4
JO - Clinical Psychology in Europe
JF - Clinical Psychology in Europe
SN - 2625-3410
IS - 4
M1 - e7739
ER -
ID: 343133974