Assessing cognitive representations of mental health problems. I. The illness perception questionnaire for schizophrenia

Abstract

The IPQS is a reliable and valid measure of cognitive representations of mental health problems held by people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Quality of life and illness beliefs in individuals with early psychosis

“…Beliefs about mental health problems: The Illness Perception Questionnaire for Schizophrenia (IPQS; [24])…”

“…The mean age of the sample was 26 years old (s.d. = 4.40, range [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35], and 70% (n = 57) were male. All participants met the eligibility criteria for the EIS and therefore met the inclusion criteria for the study: all participants were aged 18-35; had been in contact with the EIS for between 1 and 3 years (range 12-34 months, mean = 19.42, s.d.…”

Culture and Mental Illness: Social Context and Explanatory Models

“…The Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ) [17], based on Leventhal's self-regulation model of illness cognition [18], assesses five dimensions of illness models: identity (symptoms, nature of condition), causal component (cause/causes), time-line component (perception of the duration of problem), consequences component (severity and impact on functioning), and cure component (extent to which problem is amenable to cure). The IPQ has been applied mainly to the study of physical illness but recent studies have applied it to psychiatric disorders [19], including depression [20] and schizophrenia [21,22]. A revised version, the IPQ-R, improves the psychometric properties of the subscales and demonstrated that the cognitive and emotional aspects of illness representations can be distinguished [23].…”

Psychometric Evaluation of Family Illness Perceptions of Relatives with Schizophrenia

“…Other studies [10,17] have reported that how patients with schizophrenia perceive their illness affects their adherence to their medication regimen. Moreover, patients with schizophrenia and their family caregivers have discrepant perceptions of schizophrenia [5] and its consequences.…”

“…The emotional representation of the model provides a framework for exploring that is not mediated by a cognitive appraisal; however, there is insufficient evidence that this component exists. The IPQ-R was modified to suit specific research and illnesses, including practitioners [9], schizophrenia [10] and their family caregivers [11,12]. With small sample sizes, two studies Psychometric Evaluation of Family Illness Perceptions of Relatives with Schizophrenia and, in turn, positively or negatively affect the outcome of the relative with schizophrenia.…”