Dotazník zjišťující pacientovo pojetí nemoci: IPQ-R-CZ.

• Title in English: Czech version of the Illness Perception Questionnaire IPQ-R-CZ
• Authors: MAREŠ Jiří; JEŽEK Stanislav
• Year of publication: 2012
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Ceskoslovenska Psychologie/Czechoslovak Psychology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Field: Psychology
• Keywords: illness; patient; illness perception; quantitative approach; IPQ-R; Czech version; psychometric properties
• Description: Objectives: 1. To describe the original Revised - Illness Perception Questionnaire (Moss-Morris et al., 2002), 2. to describe the translation, administration and scoring of the Czech version, 3. to assess its psychometric properties, 4. To compare the findings with the translations to 9 other languages. The Czech version keeps the three-part structure of the original measure A- experienced symptoms (identity), B-illness perceptions, C- perceptions of causes of respondent’s illness. Subjects and Setting: IPQ-R-CZ was administered to 345 hospitalised patients (ages 16 to 88, M=53.0, SD=15.7) in large university hospitals and smaller local hospitals at 12 types of clinical workplaces, mostly internal, surgery, neurosurgery, pulmonology, and psychiatry. Statistical analysis: Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, explratory nad confirmatory factor analyses, internal consistency of scales. Results: The original scales of illness perception (part B) internally consistent in the Cyech version and discriminate among various types of illness with minimal gender differences. Factor structure and validity is unclear and substantially different from the original English version. The same applies to the perceived causes of illness (Part C). Study limitation: Both internal and exterbnal validity of this study are limited by the convenience sample of patients and their illnesses. It is clear that the patient’s illness perceptions and their dimensions are related to the nature of the illness itself. We also do not have any empirical data on the stability of the perceptions in time. This is supported also by studies of the meaning of illness. For routine clinical use the questionnaire is too long. In its current version it is suitable for research purposes only.