Knowledge of the Disease, Perceived Social Support, and Cognitive Appraisals in Women with Urinary Incontinence
Joint Authors
Szymona-Pałkowska, Katarzyna
Janowski, Konrad
Pedrycz, Agnieszka
Mucha, Dariusz
Ambroży, Tadeusz
Siermontowski, Piotr
Adamczuk, Jolanta
Sapalska, Marta
Mucha, Dawid
Kraczkowski, Janusz
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Social support and knowledge of the disease have been shown to facilitate adaptation to a chronic disease.
However, the adaptation process is not fully understood.
We hypothesized that these factors can contribute to better adaptation to the disease through their impact on disease-related cognitive appraisal.
To analyze the links between social support and the knowledge of the disease, on one hand, and disease-related appraisals, on the other hand, one hundred fifty-eight women with stress UI, aged 32 to 79, took part in the study.
Questionnaire measures of knowledge of UI, social support, and disease-related appraisals were used in the study.
The level of knowledge correlated significantly negatively with the appraisal of the disease as Harm.
The global level of social support correlated significantly positively with three disease-related appraisals: Profit, Challenge, and Value.
Four subgroups of patients with different constellations of social support and knowledge of the disease were identified in cluster analysis and were demonstrated to differ significantly on four disease-related appraisals: Profit, Challenge, Harm, and Value.
Different cognitive appraisals of UI may be specifically related to social support and knowledge of the disease, with social support affective positive disease-related appraisals, and the knowledge affecting the appraisal of Harm.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Szymona-Pałkowska, Katarzyna& Janowski, Konrad& Pedrycz, Agnieszka& Mucha, Dariusz& Ambroży, Tadeusz& Siermontowski, Piotr…[et al.]. 2016. Knowledge of the Disease, Perceived Social Support, and Cognitive Appraisals in Women with Urinary Incontinence. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1097407
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Szymona-Pałkowska, Katarzyna…[et al.]. Knowledge of the Disease, Perceived Social Support, and Cognitive Appraisals in Women with Urinary Incontinence. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1097407
American Medical Association (AMA)
Szymona-Pałkowska, Katarzyna& Janowski, Konrad& Pedrycz, Agnieszka& Mucha, Dariusz& Ambroży, Tadeusz& Siermontowski, Piotr…[et al.]. Knowledge of the Disease, Perceived Social Support, and Cognitive Appraisals in Women with Urinary Incontinence. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1097407
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1097407