Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire.

B-IPQ

What it measures

Cognitive and emotional illness representations distilled to single items: consequences, timeline, personal control, treatment control, identity, coherence/understanding, concern, emotional response (+ open causal item)

Length and format

9 (8 scored 0-10 + 1 open-ended causal). 0-10 single-item numeric rating scales (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

26+ languages (one of the more widely translated PRO measures)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Broadbent, E., Petrie, K. J., Main, J., & Weinman, J. (2006). The Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60(6), 631-637.