Perceived health competence, health locus of control, and patient adherence in renal dialysis

Exploring the Relationships Between Health Status, Illness Perceptions, Coping Strategies and Psychological Morbidity in a Chronic Kidney Disease Cohort

“…As well, extending on the CSM adding factors identified in the psychonephrology literature that influence illness or outcomes, including self-esteem, personality, and self-efficacy, is required. [56][57][58][59][60] Our results suggest treatments aimed at challenging and changing individual illness perceptions may be of use in therapeutic interventions for patients with CKD, rather than modifying coping styles to reduce psychological distress. In relation to facilitating patient adaptive illness perceptions is clear that patient-physician communication/relationship will be a crucial component.…”

Perceived health competence predicts health behavior and health-related quality of life in patients with cardiovascular disease

“…Conversely, breast cancer patients who exhibited the greatest difficulty in accessing information regarding their diagnoses had lower levels of perceived health competence[2]. In addition, perceived health competence is also associated with better patient adherence with renal dialysis[26]. Our study builds upon prior work characterizing this construct in outpatient settings and in other disease conditions by investigating perceived health competence in patients hospitalized with cardiovascular disease.…”

“…Additionally, the PHCS has been shown to correlate with health behaviors including increased exercise, better dietary habits, decreased smoking and drinking, and increased health information seeking behavior[2, 6, 12, 25]. Finally, higher perceived health competence has been associated with increased confidence in healthcare providers and social support[10, 26]. Overall, the evidence suggests that the PHCS is valid in a variety of populations and is associated with a variety of health outcomes, health behaviors, and psychosocial measures.…”

Physical and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Health-promoting Behaviors among Elderly Chinese with Type-2 Diabetes

“…Speake et al (1989) also note that perceived control over health outcomes is positively related to doctor visits, exercises and good nutrition among samples of elderly people. Despite these confirming findings, other studies fail to find significant associations between the above psychological factors and health-promoting behaviors (Christensen, Wiebe, Benotsch, & Lawton, 1996;Muhlenkamp, Brown, & Sands, 1985).…”