Common Sense Model of Illness Flashcards
What are the messages from our body?
concrete, perceptual experiences
physical sensations, symptoms
mood/emotions
What are the messages from outside?
diagnosis
illness running in the family
test results
What is illness representation?
patients common sense beliefs about their illness
What are the components of illness perception?
identity perceived cause timeline consequences curability/controllability
What is identity?
patients matched the abstract label with symptoms
What is consequence?
patients perceptions of the possible effects of the illness on their life
What is timeline?
patients beliefs about how long the illness will last, whether its acute, chronic or cyclical
What is cause?
perceived cause of illness eg biological or psychological
What is cure/controllability?
patients beliefs about whether illness can be cured and the extent to which the outcome of their illness is controllable
What are the three descriptions of disease?
Acute- Disease will be short term
Chronic- Disease will stay for a prolonged time
Cyclic- Disease will come and go
What is the importance of a persons belief?
key determinants of medication and recovery
What is the downside of a chronic timeline?
slower to return to work and social duties
the model has been used and supported by research on…
hypertension, MI, CFS, Huntingtons disease, diabetes, asthma
