Clinical Prediction of Medical Rehospitalization: Psychological Assessment with the Battery of Asthma Illness Behavior

Psychomaintenance in chronic illness refers to the perpetuation of chronicity or the defeat of medical management because of psychological, as opposed to strictly physical, reasons. The Battery of Asthma Illness Behavior (BAIB) has been developed to assess psychomaintenance potentials among chronic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of personality assessment 1981-12, Vol.45 (6), p.608-613
Hauptverfasser: Dirks, Jerald F., Kinsman, Robert A.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Psychomaintenance in chronic illness refers to the perpetuation of chronicity or the defeat of medical management because of psychological, as opposed to strictly physical, reasons. The Battery of Asthma Illness Behavior (BAIB) has been developed to assess psychomaintenance potentials among chronic asthmatics. In this study of 57 adult asthmatic patients, the clinical utility of the BAIB was assessed by having two psychologists predict the likelihood of rehospitalization within six months following intensive medical treatment. Independent, blind predictions using the BAIB, but in the absence of any demographic or medical information, enabled hit rates of 70% and 84% by the psychologists. Moreover, the predictions were independent of the objective severity of the patients' asthma, indicating that the clinical judgments were not merely readings of the patients' asthma severity on the basis of the BAIB scores. The need for rapid, clinical assessment of psychological factors maintaining chronic illness was discussed.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1207/s15327752jpa4506_7