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Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ)

[ Developed in 1996
A short version (Brief IPQ) and a revised version (IPQ-R) also exist ]

	Author(s)
Horne Robert Moss-Morris Rona Petrie Keith J Weinman John

Purpose

Pathology:

Generic

Disease:

All

Objective:

To assess cognitive representations of illness

Population:

Adult
Adolescent

Characteristics

Type of instrument:

Signs and symptoms
Psychological functioning (incl. coping)

Mode of administration:

Self-administered
Caregiver-administered

[ A other/carer version has also been developed ]

Number of items:

Existence of database:

Time recall:

Since your illness / Now

Language(s)

Original language:

English for the UK

List of existing translations:

(the translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process. Please check status of translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors)

French	Romanian	Sinhalese for Sri Lanka
Italian	Samoan	Tongan
Norwegian

Last update: October 2008
Last update in collaboration with the author: August 2008