Table 1.

Details of the IPQ-R subscales.

Subscale	Definition	High Score Indicates	Number of Items
Timeline	Whether an individual perceives their disease to be acute or chronic in nature	A more chronic disease perception	6
Consequences	The extent of perceived consequences of the disease	More disease consequences	6
Personal Control	The amount of perceived control a person has over their disease	More control	6
Treatment Control	The amount of perceived control the medical treatments have over the disease	More control	5
Coherence	The perceived level of understanding of their disease	More understanding	5
Cyclical Timeline	Whether an individual perceives their disease to have a stable or unstable pattern from day today	More unstable disease pattern	4
Emotion	Amount of negative emotion an individual attribute to their disease	More negative emotion	6