How the sick view their World

Lederer, Henry D.

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“…These moved from denial or minimisation of symptoms to gradual acceptance of them as part of an illness and the allocation of the sufferer to the 'sick role'. 11 Many of the relatives in our group were in the first stage of the process we have outlined. Rather than coming to terms with the problem, they were still at the stage of discovering that there was a problem.…”

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Mild Dementia: Perceptions and Problems

Pollitt¹,

O’Connor²,

Anderson³

1989

Ageing and Society

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The focus of this paper is on the beginnings of dementia -on the grey area where normal and abnormal ageing seem to overlap, but where a diagnosis can be established. We look at a group of elderly people diagnosed as suffering from mild dementia and at the relatives most closely involved with them and whom we had assumed to be their carers. Our principal interest is in the relatives' perception of the deterioration in intellectual function, and in their awareness of and response to problems associated with it. Contrary to expectation, these relatives did not see themselves as carers, or the elderly person as demented. Spouses often saw their partner as no more disabled than themselves; and, more generally, the relationship between them often showed a high degree of reciprocity. Sons and daughters were usually aware of changes in their parents' behaviour but tended to explain them in terms of normal ageing. Improvement in the process of early identification and the creation of more appropriate services are generally seen as desirable. Questions are raised about the usefulness and justification for intervention in a situation which is not yet recognised by those involved as requiring it. * Hughes Hall, Cambridge CBi 2EW, England.

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Mild Dementia: Perceptions and Problems

Pollitt¹,

O’Connor²,

Anderson³

1989

Ageing and Society

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“…Explanations about therapy should reduce the frightening and unfamiliar nature of the procedures used, however, explanations often are clouded with technical jargon or equivocal findings which expand the vagueness about therapy and increase the patient's emotionality (Brown, 1965;King, 1962;Lederer, 1952;Wu, 1973). To reduce emotional responses, Johnson (1975) reported that preparatory information on selected health procedures promoted cognitive congruency between the expected and experienced, and that this consistency reduced the patient's distress.…”

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Perceived Uncertainty and Stress in Illness

Mishel

1984

Research in Nursing & Health

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A structural model was proposed to explain the stress resulting from hospitalization for a medical problem. Perceived uncertainty about symptoms, treatment, and outcome was examined as a major predictor of stress. Other variables proposed in the model included seriousness of illness, age, education, and recency of rehospitalization. Testing of the model with hospitalized medical patients indicated support for the relationship of uncertainty to stress. Uncertainty also had the predicted mediating role between seriousness of illness and stress. The only other variable supporting the proposed model was age which related inversely to stress. Much of the unexplained variance in the model is attributed to the heterogeneity of diagnoses in the sample. Suggestions for future testing of the model are presented.

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“…Hy stel net belang in homself en die bevrediging van sy onmiddellike behoeftes. Lederer (1965), King (1972) en McGregor (1960) skryf hierdie regressie toe aan angs, vrees en 'n gebrek aan sekuriteit. McGregor (ibid.)…”

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How the sick view their World

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Mild Dementia: Perceptions and Problems

Mild Dementia: Perceptions and Problems

Perceived Uncertainty and Stress in Illness

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