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dc.contributor.authorChaboyer, Wendy
dc.contributor.authorLee, Bih-O
dc.contributor.authorWallis, Marianne
dc.contributor.authorGillespie, Brigid
dc.contributor.authorJones, Cindy
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:03:09Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:03:09Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-03-07T08:56:13Z
dc.identifier.issn0309-2402
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05431.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/36948
dc.description.abstractAim. This article is a report of a study investigating health-related quality of life and its predictors 6 months after hospital discharge in individuals who had experienced moderate to severe injury. Background. Understanding the relationship between individuals' illness representations and health-related quality of life may provide the foundation for strategies to promote recovery after injury. Methods. A longitudinal predictive a survey was undertaken. Questionnaires were administered while patients were in hospital, and telephone interviews were conducted 3 and 6 months after hospital discharge. Data were collected from August 2006 to February 2007. Demographic and clinical data were collected and the Chinese Illness Perception Questionnaire Revised (Trauma) and the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36, were used. Simultaneous multiple regressions were used to identify predictors of health-related quality of life. Results. A total of 114 participants completed the 6-month survey. Demographic and clinical characteristics did not predict health-related quality of life. Predictors of 6-month Physical Summary Score were 3-month Physical Summary Score and two illness representation scales: Identity and Timeline (acute/chronic). Predictors of 6-month were 3-month Mental Summary Score, and three illness representation scales: Identity, Emotional representations and Timeline (acute/chronic). Independent variables accounted for 75Ʊ% and 72ƴ% of the variance in Physical and Mental Summary Scores. Conclusion. Assessment of patients' illness representations may help clinicians to understand better how people who have sustained traumatic injury view their health and health-related quality of life and to help patients in their recovery process.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationY
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2743
dc.relation.ispartofpageto2750
dc.relation.ispartofissue12
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Advanced Nursing
dc.relation.ispartofvolume66
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSub-acute care
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMidwifery
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420506
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4204
dc.titleIllness representations predict health-related quality of life 6 months after hospital discharge in individuals with injury: a predictive survey
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorChaboyer, Wendy
gro.griffith.authorGillespie, Brigid M.


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