Relationship between illness perception, fear of progression and quality of life in interstitial lung disease patients: A cross‐sectional study

• Published in: Journal of clinical nursing Vol. 30; no. 23-24; pp. 3493 - 3505
• Main Authors: Liu, Qing‐wei, Qin, Tong, Hu, Bo, Zhao, Ya‐ling, Zhu, Xiu‐li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Cross-sectional studies; Fear & phobias; fear of progression; Health psychology; illness perception; Illnesses; interstitial lung disease; Lung diseases; nursing; Quality of life; nursing; fear of progression; quality of life; interstitial lung disease; illness perception

Aims and objectives This study aimed to investigate whether fear of progression mediates the association between illness perception and quality of life among interstitial lung disease patients. Background So far, the physiological treatment of interstitial lung disease is limited. In addition to imm...