Desai Geetha, Waghmare Avinash, Chaturvedi Santosh K
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Psychol Med. 2014 Oct;36(4):397-9. doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.140725.
Abnormal illness behavior (AIB) can contribute poor functioning in an individual along with significant increase in health care utilization. It has been studied in various disorders. This study examined the feasibility of assessing abnormal illness behavior in individuals with stroke who were undergoing treatment in a psychiatric and neurological rehabilitation center.
Subjects who were admitted to the department of psychiatric and neurological rehabilitation ward for post-stroke rehabilitation treatment were assessed using screening version of Illness Behavior Questionnaire (SIBQ).
The total number of subjects who were screened was eight. The mean score of SIBQ was 6.125 ± 1.35. With the cut off score of 7, five subjects had abnormal illness behavior.
The above study highlights that it is feasible to screen individuals with stroke undergoing rehabilitation for possibility of abnormal illness behavior.
异常疾病行为（AIB）会导致个体功能不良，并显著增加医疗保健利用率。它已在各种疾病中得到研究。本研究探讨了在一家精神科和神经科康复中心接受治疗的中风患者中评估异常疾病行为的可行性。
对入住精神科和神经科康复病房进行中风后康复治疗的患者，使用疾病行为问卷筛查版（SIBQ）进行评估。
筛查的受试者总数为8人。SIBQ的平均得分为6.125±1.35。以7分为临界值，5名受试者存在异常疾病行为。
上述研究表明，对正在接受康复治疗的中风患者筛查异常疾病行为的可能性是可行的。
