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The Stress of Being Chronically Ill: From Disease-Specific to Task-Specific Aspects
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The assumption that disease-related stressors are exclusive for particular diagnoses characterizes many studies of chronically ill patients. In this study the perceptions of 1305 patients from 10 different chronic disease categories were compared with respect to a number of important stressors. Differences were found in the amount and type of stressors experienced, but these differences could not solely be explained by type of disease. Personal characteristics such as age, sex, education level, living situation, and illness duration were also important in determining the degree and type of stress experienced. The implications of these findings for stress/coping research as well as the clinical implications are discussed.
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Many individuals with CID share common illness stressors and barriers to adaptation.
“many individuals with CID share common experiences. Some common illness stressors and barriers to adaptation include: functional limitations that can interfere with independence; interference with family, social, and vocational functioning; uncertain illness course or prognosis; psychosocial stress related to the injury or disease process itself; financial stressors; changes to self-concept; and”
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Transdiagnostic approaches focus on shared processes across emotional disorders that maintain symptoms, as well as shared stressors and experiences across various CIDs that impact adaptation.
“Transdiagnostic approaches focus on shared processes across emotional disorders that maintain symptoms (Barlow et al., 2017; Tasca, Mikail, & Hewitt, 2020), as well as shared stressors and experiences across various CIDs that impact adaptation (Heijmans et al., 2004).”
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“…uncertain illness course or prognosis; psychosocial stress related to the injury or disease process itself; financial stressors; changes to self-concept; and the experiences of stigma, exclusion, and inequity (Christensen et al., 2021; Heijmans et al., 2004; Joachim & Acorn, 2000; Livneh, 2021).”
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- Authors
- Heijmans, M., Rijken, M., Foets, M., de Ridder, D., Schreurs, K., & Bensing, J.
- Affiliations
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Heijmans, Monique
- Venue
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Published
- 2004-06
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 255-271
- ISSN
- 0160-7715 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3521
- OpenAlex
- W1992022345
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 5.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.nivel.nl
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Keywords
- chronic disease, stress, stressors, coping, patient perspectives, personal characteristics, disease duration, living situation, sex differences, educational attainment
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Chronic Disease, Demography, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Cluster Analysis
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