Clinical trial NCT04685187: Perception of Illness Turkish Validity and Reliability Study
Official title: Validity and Reliability Study of Turkish Adaptation of The Disease Perception Scale in Rheumatic Diseases
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Perception of Disease
Keywords: rheumatic diseases, perception of illness
Lead sponsor: Pamukkale University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Akdeniz University
name: Ondokuz Mayıs University
name: Izmir Katip Celebi University
First posted: 2020-12-28
Enrollment: 110
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spondyloarthropathies, Fibromyalgia, Reactive Arthritis, Sjögren Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Brief summary: In chronic diseases such as rheumatic diseases, it is important to direct the treatment of the disease and to evaluate the disease perception in terms of the course of the disease. As a result of this study, this questionnaire, which will help us gain information about the perception of the disease specific to rheumatic diseases, will be translated into Turkish.

Detailed description: Disease perception is the cognitive aspect of the disease state. Although they experience the same disease in a certain period of their lives, the methods of meeting the disease and coping with the disease differ. Patients try to explain their illnesses in the light of their personal experiences, knowledge, values, beliefs and needs. People create cognitive models to explain and predict events in the outside world. Patients also develop similar patterns of symptoms of transient or long-term disease. Leventhal et al. suggested that patients formed their own coping mechanisms with these cognitive models and developed the self-regulation theory. According to this theory, people create schemas about illness and life-threatening situations in their minds with the information presented to them from concrete and abstract sources. These cognitive models also include beliefs about treatment and control of the condition.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified more than 200 musculoskeletal diseases, the most common being rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. The biopsychosocial model has been drawing attention in rheumatological rehabilitation in recent years. This model acknowledges that the experiences and symptoms of the disease are affected by biological, psychological and social factors. The dysfunction is not only related to the severity of the disease, but also to how the disease is perceived. The patient's beliefs and perceptions about his illness show how the illness affects him both physically and emotionally. Disease perception is based not only on symptoms but also on disease-related consequences, concerns, and past illness experiences of the patient. Recent studies emphasize the importance of disease perception in explaining the difference in treatment outcomes in chronic diseases, including rheumatic diseases.

It was planned to determine the validity and reliability of the Disease Perception Scale in Rheumatic Diseases due to the importance of treatment in rheumatic diseases and the evaluation of disease perception in terms of the course of the disease.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Volunteer.
* To be diagnosed with any of the rheumatic diseases (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spondyloarthropathies, Fibromyalgia, Reactive Arthritis, Sjögren Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) by a specialist.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Being diagnosed with a chronic disease other than rheumatic disease that requires regular medication.

Primary outcomes:
measure: 1) Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ)
timeFrame: The first test is made when the patient is directed by the physician. Seventh day after test, re-test is made. For test-retest, the questionnaire will be repeated 7 days apart.
measure: 2) Nottingham Health Profile
timeFrame: The first test is made when the patient is directed by the physician. Seventh day after test, re-test is made. For test-retest, the questionnaire will be repeated 7 days apart.
measure: Rheumatic Disease Illness Perception Questionnaire
timeFrame: The first test is made when the patient is directed by the physician. Seventh day after test, re-test is made. For test-retest, the questionnaire will be repeated 7 days apart.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Samsun
country: Turkey
facility: Mine Pekesen Kurtca
Study officials:
affiliation: PAMUKKALE UNIVERTSITY
name: BİLGE BAŞAKCI CALIK, Assoc. Prof.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Akdeniz University
name: SABAHAT YAPRAK CETİN, Asst. Prof.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Pamukkale University
name: VELİ ÇOBANKARA, Prof.Dr.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: ANTALYA EDUCATION RESEARCH HOSPITAL
name: AYŞE AYAN, Assoc.Prof.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Llewellyn CD, McGurk M, Weinman J. Illness and treatment beliefs in head and neck cancer: is Leventhal's common sense model a useful framework for determining changes in outcomes over time? J Psychosom Res. 2007 Jul;63(1):17-26. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.01.013.
citation: Petrie KJ, Weinman J. Why illness perceptions matter. Clin Med (Lond). 2006 Nov-Dec;6(6):536-9. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-6-536. No abstract available.
citation: Lochting I, Fjerstad E, Garratt AM. Illness perceptions in patients receiving rheumatology rehabilitation: association with health and outcomes at 12 months. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013 Jan 16;14:28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-28.