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Do patients suffering from chronic diseases retrospectively overestimate how healthy they were before they fell ill?
International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology ( IF 5.900 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-21 , DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2021.100230
Andreas Hinz , Markus Zenger , Katja Leuteritz , Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf , Katja Petrowski

Background/Objective: To examine the impact of a disease on a person's subjective health state, patients are often asked to assess their current health state and to retrospectively assess how healthy they were before they fell ill. The objective of this study was to test whether patients generally overestimated the quality of their pre-disease health. Method: Six samples of patients with chronic diseases (cancer patients, cardiovascular patients, and patients diagnosed with sarcoidosis, N between 197 and 1,197) were analyzed. The patients assessed their current health states and their health states at the time before diagnosis. The retrospective scores were compared with matched data from general population studies. Results: In three of the six studies, the retrospective health ratings of the patients were significantly higher than the general population norms (effect sizes between 0.24 and 0.46), two studies yielded nonsignificant effects, and in one study there was an opposite trend. The general overestimation of pre-disease health was more pronounced in older patients as compared with younger ones, and it was more pronounced when global health/quality of life was to be assessed. Conclusions: Retrospective assessments of pre-disease health states are not appropriate for assessing disease-related changes in a person's health state.



中文翻译:

患有慢性疾病的患者是否回顾性地高估了自己生病之前的健康状况?

背景/目的:为了检查疾病对一个人的主观健康状况的影响,经常要求患者评估他们当前的健康状况,并回顾性地评估他们生病之前的健康状况。这项研究的目的是检验患者是否普遍高估了病前健康的质量。方法:分析了六个慢性病患者的样本(癌症患者,心血管患者和确诊为结节病的患者,N介于197和1,197之间)。患者在诊断之前评估了他们当前的健康状况和健康状况。将回顾性得分与来自一般人群研究的匹配数据进行比较。结果:在六项研究中的三项中,患者的回顾性健康评级显着高于一般人群规范(效应量在0.24至0.46之间),两项研究产生了显着影响,而一项研究则呈现相反的趋势。与年轻患者相比,老年患者对疾病前健康的普遍高估更为明显,在评估全球健康/生活质量时更为明显。结论:对疾病前健康状况的回顾性评估不适用于评估人的健康状况中与疾病相关的变化。

更新日期:2021-04-21
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