Chapter 8: Factors Surrounding Illness Flashcards
illness behaviors
varying ways in which individuals respond to physiological symptoms, monitor internal states, define and interpret symptoms, make attributions, take remedial actions, and utilize various forms of informal and formal care
confirmation bias
phenomenon by which when we believe something is true we often change the way we interpret new information and the way we look at the world because of it. We tend to try to confirm our belief and have a bias in how we process information
attributions
cognitive process of assigning meaning to a symptom or behavior
misattributions
the incorrect connection of events to certain causes
behavioral involvement
a patient’s attitude toward self-care, specifically an active involvement in treatment
informational involvement
measure of how much the patient wants to know about his or her illness and specific details of its treatment
private body consciousness
degree to which one is sensitive to one’s health states resulting increased vigilance over the body
appraisal delay
time taken to recognize one has symptoms after they first appear
illness delay
time between the recognition that one is ill and the decision to seek care
utilization delays
time between the decision to seek care and the actual behaviors to obtain medical care
triggers
factors that increase the likelihood that a person will seek treatment
social sanctioning
decreasing barriers and increasing incentives to seek medical care
lay-referral system
nonprofessionals such as family, friends, and neighbors who patients rely on to help one cope with illness symptoms instead of seeking biomedical treatment.
adherence
extent to which a patient’s behavior matches with his or her practitioner’s advice
creative nonadherence
when patients indirectly disobey their doctors’ orders often by modifying and supplementing their treatment plans
