The influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about viruses on the reporting of symptoms during and after infection

Previous research has found that attributional style and beliefs people have about viruses can be related to symptom reporting and presentation. Especially in the area of chronic fatigue is has been shown repeatedly that patients' attribution of their illness is related to a worse outcome. This...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Banis, Jan
Published:	University of Edinburgh 1999
Subjects:	155
Online Access:	http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.641278

id	ndltd-bl.uk-oai-ethos.bl.uk-641278
record_format	oai_dc
spelling	ndltd-bl.uk-oai-ethos.bl.uk-6412782018-04-04T03:17:02ZThe influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about viruses on the reporting of symptoms during and after infectionBanis, Jan1999Previous research has found that attributional style and beliefs people have about viruses can be related to symptom reporting and presentation. Especially in the area of chronic fatigue is has been shown repeatedly that patients' attribution of their illness is related to a worse outcome. This study investigates the influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about the power of viruses on symptom reporting in people who think they suffer from influenza, using the Symptom Interpretation Questionnaire (SIQ) and the Viral Infection Research Into Attitudes Scale (VIRAS). A visual analogue scale was used to measure the number and severity of physical and psychological symptoms of influenza. A follow-up was carried out to measure levels of fatigue after illness, using the Fatigue Questionnaire. Results are presented and discussed, and conclusions are drawn.155University of Edinburghhttp://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.641278http://hdl.handle.net/1842/26217Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
collection	NDLTD
sources	NDLTD
topic	155
spellingShingle	155 Banis, Jan The influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about viruses on the reporting of symptoms during and after infection
description	Previous research has found that attributional style and beliefs people have about viruses can be related to symptom reporting and presentation. Especially in the area of chronic fatigue is has been shown repeatedly that patients' attribution of their illness is related to a worse outcome. This study investigates the influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about the power of viruses on symptom reporting in people who think they suffer from influenza, using the Symptom Interpretation Questionnaire (SIQ) and the Viral Infection Research Into Attitudes Scale (VIRAS). A visual analogue scale was used to measure the number and severity of physical and psychological symptoms of influenza. A follow-up was carried out to measure levels of fatigue after illness, using the Fatigue Questionnaire. Results are presented and discussed, and conclusions are drawn.
author	Banis, Jan
author_facet	Banis, Jan
author_sort	Banis, Jan
title	The influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about viruses on the reporting of symptoms during and after infection
title_short	The influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about viruses on the reporting of symptoms during and after infection
title_full	The influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about viruses on the reporting of symptoms during and after infection
title_fullStr	The influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about viruses on the reporting of symptoms during and after infection
title_full_unstemmed	The influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about viruses on the reporting of symptoms during and after infection
title_sort	influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about viruses on the reporting of symptoms during and after infection
publisher	University of Edinburgh
publishDate	1999
url	http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.641278
work_keys_str_mv	AT banisjan theinfluenceofsymptomattributionalstyleandbeliefsaboutvirusesonthereportingofsymptomsduringandafterinfection AT banisjan influenceofsymptomattributionalstyleandbeliefsaboutvirusesonthereportingofsymptomsduringandafterinfection
_version_	1718618335603589120

The influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about viruses on the reporting of symptoms during and after infection

Similar Items