Table 5.
Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire
| Participant | Baseline mean score (n=10) |
Baseline SD (n=10) |
Visit 3 mean score (n=7) |
Visit 3 SD (n=7) |
| How much affects your life | 4.6 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 2.3 |
| How long your illness will continue (0=short time, 10=forever) |
6.1 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 1.4 |
| How much control do you have | 6.2 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 2.2 |
| How much treatment can help | 7.7 | 1.9 | 7.0 | 2.6 |
| How much symptoms you experience | 5.1 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 2.2 |
| How concern you are | 5.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
| How well you understand your illness | 8 | 1.8 | 8.4 | 1.8 |
| How much affects you emotionally | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
0=not at all, 10=extremely. A higher score represents more agreement with the item.
Shaded columns refer to visit 3, that is, on receiving incentives.