Illness reasoning |
Reflective in personal terms |
Trust in oneself | Trust in others |
Patients actively seek knowledge of the disease for causal explanations | Patients understand their illness through various sources of information Patients try to understand the relationship between root cause, trigger factor and present state |
Patients want clear information from healthcare providers to better understand the illness | |
Reflective in general terms |
Trust in oneself | Trust in others | |
Patients compare different perspectives to get knowledge for preventing complication of their illness | Patients use experiences and information from other peoples’ illness situations and compare them with their own situation | Patients compare test results and reported medication effects without understanding the reference values | |
Less reflective | Trust in oneself | Trust in others | |
Patients have trust in healthcare providers knowledge and develop strategies to manage life | Patients accept and manage life Patients focus on what works |
Patients have confidence in healthcare providers |