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ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2017

COPD depicted - patients drawing their lungs.

Ad A Kaptein, Jitske Tiemensma, Elizabeth Broadbent, Guus M Asijee, Maarten Voorhaar

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Ad A KapteinMedical Psychology, Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), Leiden, the Netherlands.
Jitske TiemensmaPsychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, USA.
Elizabeth BroadbentPsychology Department, Auckland University Medical School, Auckland, New Zealand.
Guus M AsijeeCAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Maarten VoorhaarCAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

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Abstract

backgroundGiven the increasing importance of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) in quality medical care, we examined the value and feasibility of an innovative method for assessing patients' illness perceptions, represented in drawings made by patients with COPD of their lungs.

aimThe aim of our study was: to study patients' representation of COPD as reflected in their drawings of their lungs; and to examine scores on a validated measure that assesses illness perceptions (ie, Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire [B-IPQ]). PATIENTS AND

methodsOne hundred outpatients with COPD, mean age 70 years, selected from a pharmacy database, participated and 98 filled out the B-IPQ. Eighty-seven patients completed the drawing task.

resultsThe illness perceptions as reflected in the responses to the B-IPQ scales represented a quite optimistic view of COPD and its consequences. The drawings of the lungs reflected a considerable discordance between patients' representations and medically accepted representations of lungs of a person with COPD.

conclusionAssessing illness perceptions in clinical care and research about COPD offers opportunities to identify goals for patient education and self-management. Inviting patients to draw their illness is an innovative and promising approach to assessing PRO.

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ArtPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresAgedCost of IllnessDatabases, FactualFeasibility StudiesFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansImaginationLungMalePatientsPredictive Value of TestsPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveQuality of LifeCOPDdrawingsillness perceptionsPROquality of lifeself-management

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PMCPMC5680962

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