Measuring internalized health-related stigma across health conditions: development and validation of the I-HEARTS Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health-related stigma and its internalization among individuals with chronic health conditions contribute to impaired mental and physical health and quality of life. Research on health-related stigma has been siloed, with disease-specific measures that may not capture the experiences of individuals with multiple health conditions and that prevent comparisons across health conditions. The current study aimed to develop and test a transdiagnostic measure of internalized health-related stigma for use among adults with different physical health conditions.

Methods

An existing measure of internalized mental health stigma was adapted to assess stigma due to chronic physical health conditions following COSMIN procedures, with input from advisory boards of community membe

SUBMITTER: Pearl RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11463042 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature