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Sintomi di somatizzazione e caratteristiche di personalità: uno studio nella popolazione generale.
No full textPerceived social support and psychological well-being in long-term heart transplantation survivors. A preliminary study.
No full textQualità della vita e demoralizzazione in oncologia: un'indagine nelle donne con carcinoma mammario.
No full textCaratteristiche psicologico-cliniche e trattamento del comportamento di tipo A: descrizione di tre casi.
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The unifying concept of illness behavior.
No full textThe concept of illness behavior was introduced to indicate the ways in which
given symptoms may be perceived, evaluated and acted upon at an individual level.
Illness behavior may vary greatly according to illness-related, patient-related
and doctor-related variables and their complex interactions. In the past decades,
important lines of research have been concerned with illness perception, frequent
attendance at medical facilities, health care-seeking behavior, treatment-seeking
behavior, delay in seeking treatment, and treatment adherence. They have,
however, mostly investigated single aspects separately. In this concise review,
we suggest that the concept of illness behavior may provide a unifying framework
and useful insights to observations and findings that would otherwise remain
scattered and unrelated in the medical literature. The wide range of expressions
of illness behavior is likely to affect the presentation of any disease and its
identification, course and treatment. Assessing illness behavior and devising
appropriate responses by health care providers may contribute to the improvement
of final outcomes
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