Volume 28, Issue 5
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2019.1101
ILLNESS PERCEPTIONS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS
Abstract
We present a study performed to evaluate the relationship between illness perceptions, health related quality of life (HRQL) and emotional symptoms in 87 patients with chronic illnesses. People with a better physic and mental HRQL showed higher levels in treatment control, coherence and total score. The personal control scale was higher in those who had a good physical component, but they also showed low levels in the subscales of identity and consequences. People with higher levels in the mental component showed lower levels in the expression of symptoms, cyclical temporality, causes related with psychological factors, emotional representation, as well as more symptoms of depression and anxiety. Finally, it was found that the total score predicted the physical and mental HRQL score.
Keywords
Illness perceptions, chronic illnesses, depression, anxiety, quality of life.