Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Symptom Perceptions in Functional Disorders, Major Health Conditions, and Healthy Controls: A General Population Study |
| Authors: |
Angelika Weigel, Thomas Meinertz Dantoft, Torben Jørgensen, Tina Carstensen, Bernd Löwe, John Weinman, Lisbeth Frostholm |
| Source: |
Clinical Psychology in Europe, Vol 4, Iss 4 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: |
PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology, 2022. |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Psychology |
| Subject Terms: |
symptom perceptions, functional disorders, epidemiological study, quality of life, common-sense model of illness, personality traits, Psychology, BF1-990 |
| More Details: |
[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. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2625-3410 |
| Relation: |
https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/7739; https://doaj.org/toc/2625-3410 |
| DOI: |
10.32872/cpe.7739 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/5ff1d0809eb14af88fa1b34569c1cdb9 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.5ff1d0809eb14af88fa1b34569c1cdb9 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
