Department of Humanities and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, 20-059 Lublin, Poland.
Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, 20-059 Lublin, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 12;19(8):4665. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084665.
The perception of one's own illness by the elderly significantly affects the success of diagnostic and therapeutic processes. It depends on the patient's existential situation, coping strategies, social support and the way the patient is treated by the medical personnel. The aim of this study was to investigate how the elderly perceive their own illness.
The study covered 303 people over 60 years of age who were hospitalized in wards of Lublin hospitals. A diagnostic survey method was used in the study. The research tools were: the Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief-IPQ), Imagination and Perception of Illness Scale (IPIS) and a questionnaire of own authorship. The place of residence in the study population significantly influenced the perception of own illness measured by the Brief-IPQ.
The elderly perceived their own illness through the prism of mental and physical destruction. Statistically significant correlations were observed between almost all components of the Brief-IPQ and self-assessed health status of the subjects.
Older people's perception of their own illness is very important in the success of the therapeutic process. The perception of disease is not statistical; it changes depending on the chronicity of the disease, its duration, cultural factors and the doctor-patient relationship. It is associated with biopsychosocial processes that affect the ability to perceive and understand the disease and to take appropriate actions to improve health.
老年人对自身疾病的感知会显著影响诊断和治疗过程的成败。它取决于患者的生存状况、应对策略、社会支持以及医务人员对患者的治疗方式。本研究旨在调查老年人如何感知自身疾病。
该研究涵盖了 303 名 60 岁以上在卢布林医院病房住院的患者。研究中使用了诊断性调查方法。研究工具包括：疾病感知问卷（Brief-IPQ）、疾病想象和感知量表（IPIS）以及作者本人的问卷。研究人群的居住地显著影响了通过 Brief-IPQ 测量的自身疾病感知。
老年人通过身心破坏的棱镜来感知自身疾病。Brief-IPQ 的几乎所有组成部分与受试者的自我评估健康状况之间均存在统计学显著相关性。
老年人对自身疾病的感知对治疗过程的成功至关重要。疾病感知不是统计学上的；它会根据疾病的慢性程度、持续时间、文化因素和医患关系而变化。它与生物心理社会过程相关，这些过程会影响感知和理解疾病的能力，并采取适当的行动来改善健康。
