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Health Beliefs Flashcards

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Health

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State of complete physical, mental and social well-being
World Health Organisation (1948)

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Health: ill

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Symptoms are perceived, evaluated and acted upon
Social situations
Cultural differences

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Diagnosis

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Process of determining the nature of a disease or disorder and distinguishing it from other possible conditions

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Diagnosis: perspective of clinician

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Signs and symptoms grouped together
Identify patterns in the body
Appropriate action
Seen it before

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What does a diagnosis do?

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Gives reason
Reassurance
Legitimise
Expectation that healthcare professionals can treat it
Label - positive or negative
Stigmatise people
Impact sense of self identity
Rename us to others

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What does a diagnosis not do?

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Not always a clear explanation
Not a clear idea of future
No diagnosis - medical unexplained symptoms, lack of clarity

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Illness cognition

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Patients owt implicit common sense beliefs about their illness - Leventhal et al., 1980, 1997
Framework for coping and understanding illness

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Cognitive dimensions of illness beliefs: identity

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What they think the illness is

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Cognitive dimensions of illness beliefs: perceived cause

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Cause of the illness

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Cognitive dimensions of illness beliefs: time line

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Duration of the illness

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Cognitive dimensions of illness beliefs: consequences

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Impact of the illness of their health
E.g. pain and symptoms, social life and work

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Cognitive dimensions of illness beliefs: durability and controllability

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How likely it is to cure the illness and still live a good lifestyle

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Leventhal’s self regulatory model of illness behaviour

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Interpretation, coping and appraisal interrelate in order to maintain a status quo
Normal health disrupted - model purposes that the individual is motivated to return to the balance back to normality
Everything influences each other

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Leventhal’s self regulatory model of illness behaviour: representation of health threat

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Identity
Cause
Consequence
Timeline
Cure/control

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Leventhal’s self regulatory model of illness behaviour: stage 1 - interpretation

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Symptoms perception
Social messages - deviation from norm

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Leventhal’s self regulatory model of illness behaviour: stage 2 - coping

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Approach coping - learn and does as much as they can themselves
Avoidance coping - leave to health professionals

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Leventhal’s self regulatory model of illness behaviour: stage 3 - appraisal

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Was my coping strategy effective

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Leventhal’s self regulatory model of illness behaviour: emotional response to health threat

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Fear
Anxiety
Depression
Determination

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Locus of control

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Degree to which people perceive themselves to be in control of a situation - Rotter, 1966
Continuum

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Locus of control: internal

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Your are in control of events
Personally responsible of what happens to you
Your actions affect the outcome

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Locus of control: external

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Events are uncontrollable
Controlled by external factors or luck
Things happen to you

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Health locus of control

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Wallston and colleagues (1991, 1994)
Evaluated whether an individual believes their health is controlled by them or external factors
Internal - more likely to engage in health enhancing behaviour

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Internal health locus of control

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Internal beliefs
High health protective behaviour

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External health locus of control

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Strong external beliefs consider external forces
I.e. luck, fate, or chance

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Health locus of control: powerful others

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Strong beliefs that state is determined by the action of powerful others
I.e. healthcare professionals

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Learned helplessness

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Seligman, 1972
Perceived lack of control
Failure is inevitable
Generalised helpless behaviour in response to failure

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Self-efficacy

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One has the capabilities to execute the courses of actions required to manage prospective situations
Situation specific self-confidence
Belied in their ability to succeed in particular behaviour
Rehabilitation process
Sense of mastery - mediating, moderating role

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