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A Review of Assessment Tools of Illness Representations: Are These Adapted for a Work Disability Prevention Context?

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Introduction: Musculoskeletal disorders are among the main causes of short- and long-term disability. Aim: Identify the methods for assessing multidimensional components of illness representations. Methods: An electronic literature search (French, English) from 1980 to the present was conducted in medical, paramedical and social science databases using predetermined key words. After screening titles and abstracts based on a specific set of criteria, sixty-four articles were reviewed. Results: Qualitative approaches for assessing illness representation were found mainly in the fields of anthropology and sociology and were based on the explanatory models of illness. The interviews reviewed were: the Short Explanatory Model Interview, the Explanatory Model of Illness Catalogue and the McGill Illness Narrative Interview. Quantitative approaches were found in the health psychology field and used the following self-administered questionnaires: the Survey of Pain Attitudes, the Pain Beliefs and Perceptions Inventory, the Pain Beliefs Questionnaire, the Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire, the Implicit Model of Illness Questionnaire, the Illness Perception Questionnaire, including its derivatives, and the Illness Cognition Questionnaire. Conclusion: This review shows the actual use and existence of multiple interviews and questionnaires in assessing multidimensional illness representations. All have been used and/or tested in a medical context but none have been tested in a work disability context. Further research will be needed to determine their suitability for use in a work disability context.

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  1. (1) What do you call your problem? What name does it have? (2) What do you think has caused your problem? (3) Why do you think it started when it did? (4) What does your sickness do to you? How does it work? (5) How severe is it? Will it have a short or long course? (6) What do you fear most about your sickness? (7) What are the chief problems your sickness has caused for you? (8) What kind of treatment do you think you should receive? What are the most important results you hope to receive from the treatment?

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This study was supported by a grant from the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité au travail (IRSST) and by the Research Chair in Work Rehabilitation (Foundation J. Armand Bombardier and Pratt & Whitney Canada).

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    Marie-France Coutu, Marie-José Durand, Marie-Elise Labrecque, Suzy Ngomo, Daniel Côté & Annick Rouleau

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Coutu, MF., Durand, MJ., Baril, R. et al. A Review of Assessment Tools of Illness Representations: Are These Adapted for a Work Disability Prevention Context?. J Occup Rehabil 18, 347–361 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-008-9148-x

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