Associations between the Illness Perception Questionnaire for Schizophrenia and engagement in treatment in a secure setting

Autor:	Prveen Shah, Gerard A. Riley, Tim Hull
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Control treatment Psychosis medicine.medical_specialty medicine.disease Treatment engagement Compliance (psychology) Illness perceptions Clinical Psychology Relapsing course Schizophrenia medicine Change assessment Psychology Psychiatry Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	Clinical Psychologist. 13:69-74
ISSN:	1742-9552 1328-4207
DOI:	10.1080/13284200902849450
Popis:	The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether individuals' beliefs about their psychosis are associated with engagement in treatment in a forensic setting. The study was cross-sectional correlational in design, and used self- and other-report measures. Thirty residents on two secure units completed the Illness Perception Questionnaire for Schizophrenia (IPQS) and the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA) (as a measure of their engagement). Compliance with treatment was also rated by staff, using the Service Engagement Measure (SEM). The Timeline (beliefs in a chronic and relapsing course) and Treatment Control (beliefs in the treatability of the condition) subscales of the IPQS were associated with higher self-reported engagement on the URICA, accounting for 46% of the variance in URICA scores. None of the IPQS subscales, however, was significantly correlated with the SEM. Illness beliefs merit further investigation as a potential influence on treatment engagement in ...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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