Suffering quantified? Feasibility and psychometric characteristics of 2 revised versions of the pictorial representation of Illness and self measure (PRISM)

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-78

  Wouters, Eveline ^a,b   Reimus, Jolene ^a   Van Nunen, Annemieke ^a   Blokhorst, Marjet ^c   Vingerhoets, Ad ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Illness severity; PRISM; Psychometric properties; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; PSORIASIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES, TECHNIQUES AND CONCEPTS; PSYCHOMETRY; WHIPLASH INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST TUMOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSORIASIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 56149092468     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/BMED.34.2.65-78     Document Type: Article

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