Background: Nature of the disease, side effect from treatments such as surgery,
chemotherapy, and chemo radiation reduce the patient's quality of life. Thus, the family …

Treatment decision-making in chronic illness poses long-lasting effects on the health status
of patients. In Western individualistic cultures, they are independently taken by the individual …

The study examines the role of health-promoting lifestyle and illness control beliefs in well-
being of obese diabetic women. Measures of illness control belief, health-promoting lifestyle …

Purpose People with chronic illness develop their own formulations about the disease and
these attributions influence their health beliefs and subsequent health practices. This study …

Owing to their rich cultural heritage and diversity, Adivasi communities contribute greatly to
the cultural plurality of Indian society. Over the decades, attempts have been made to …

Objectives The diagnosis and effects of complicated cancer treatment often cause
psychophysical distress in the patient. The psychosocial concerns that arise because of the …

This study relates to examining the illness beliefs of women cancer patients and the
strategies they apply in co** with the illness. The sample consisted of 100 women cancer …

Introduction: Many women die because of cervical cancer. Treatment for cervical cancer is
based on the stage of cancer. Such as radical hysterectomy, radiation, chemotherapy, and …

Illness perception refers to patient'evaluation for his/her life with disease. According to the
self-regulatory model (Leventhal, Brissette & Leventhal, 2003) the illness perception is …

Cultural health attributions, beliefs, and perceptions towards health and illness influence the
health-seeking behaviour and practices of cancer patients. The purpose of this paper is to …