Illness Representations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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Goodman, Donna
Morrissey, Shirley
Graham, Deborah
Bossingham, David
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2005
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic illness that usually follows a fluctuating course and, therefore, can be difficult to diagnose. Consequently, individuals with SLE often hold beliefs about the nature and course of the illness that are at odds with medical opinion. Clearly, a shared understanding of the illness would be beneficial to illness management. In this study, the authors used semistructured interviews and interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore the content of the illness representations held by 36 individuals diagnosed with SLE. They also identified the ways in which these illness representations were generated initially and attempted to determine whether changes occurred over time in these illness representations, as predicted by the self-regulatory model.

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Qualitative Health Research

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May-05

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15

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5

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© 2005 Sage Publications. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. First published in Qualitative Health Research. This journal is available online: http://qhr.sagepub.com/content/vol15/issue5/

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Biomedical and clinical sciences

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Psychology

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