Correlation between illness perceptions and self-reported degree-of-worry in somatic ill patients in emergency care: a Danish cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study aimed to investigate the correlation between illness perceptions and self-reported degree-of-worry (DOW) in patients presenting to the emergency department with acute somatic illness.

Design

A cross-sectional survey study collected data from a survey on DOW, the Brief-illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ) and demographics.

Setting

An emergency department at a university hospital in the Capital Region of Denmark.

Participants

944 patients (≥18 years) presenting to the emergency department with acute somatic illness. Data collection was conducted during day and evening shifts on weekdays from 13 January to 19 December 2020.

Methods

Correlations between B-IPQ scores and DOW, including (1) the total B-IPQ score, (2) emotional represen

SUBMITTER: Jensen AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11529743 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature