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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 4 Illness perception

From: Brief intervention for stress management and change in illness perception among hypertensive and normotensive workers: pilot study and protocol

 

Hypertensive

 

Normotensive

Pre

Post

Sig

Pre

Post

Sig

Brief IPQ dimensions/items

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Total perception

27.8

7.92

24.8

7.49

0.08

36.9

6.69

35

5.84

0.15

Identity

3.63

2.45

3.32

2.45

0.57

6.93

2,26

6.92

2.49

0.93

Consequences

4.26

2.42

4.11

2.92

0.69

8.79

1.52

8.85

1.21

0.86

Personal control

6.05

1.31

6.84

1.53

0.02

6.93

1.38

8.31

1.31

0.00

Treatment control

7.89

1.32

8.53

0.96

0.05

8.93

1.26

8.85

1.57

0.73

Emotional representation

5.12

2.72

5

2.56

0.86

6.39

2.78

6.9

2.36

0.75

Coherence

6

1.70

7.32

1.82

0.00

5.71

2.16

7.75

0.96

0.01

 

Effect size (d)

IC d 95%

Effect size (d)

IC d 95%

Inferior

Superior

Inferior

Superior

Total perception

− 0.38

− 0.41

− 0.36

− 0.30

− 0.33

− 0.27

Identify

− 0.12

− 0.14

− 0.11

−0.00

− 0.02

0.01

Consequences

− 0.05

− 0.06

− 0.04

0.04

0.02

0.05

Personal control

0.55

0.53

0.57

1.02

1.01

1.03

Treatment control

0.56

0.54

0.58

−0.05

− 0.07

− 0.04

Emotional representation

− 0.04

− 0.06

− 0.02

0.19

0.17

0.22

Coherence

0.75

0.73

0.76

1.30

1.28

1.33

  1. SD standard deviation