The puppet interview to measure illness perceptions in paediatric oncology: development and psychometric properties in acute treatment and follow-up care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Illness perceptions comprise assumptions about symptoms, timeline, consequences, controllability, and emotional responses to an illness. Recent evidence shows that illness perceptions are associated with coping and well-being. So far, assessment in paediatric care was based on parental report only, since no instrument for the direct assessment of young children was available. We aim to describe the development (incl. indication and contraindication) of an innovative puppet interview to assess illness perceptions in children with cancer from the age of four years. Moreover, we investigate longitudinal trajectories and examine psychometric properties.

Methods

The puppet interview was developed based on the Illness-Perception-Questionnaire-Revised and the Berkeley-Pu

SUBMITTER: Herzog K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10863186 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature