The Revised-Perceived Illness Experience Scale (R-PIE)

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ID15251007
AuthorsGemma Kiernan (0000-0002-2372-4787, St. Patrick's Hospital, corresponding author), Mary Gormley (0000-0003-3418-4621, Trinity College Dublin), Michael Gormley, Malcolm MacLachla (Trinity College Dublin)
Year2004
Volume30
Issue1
Pages23-34
Publication date2004-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBehavioral Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0896-4289 • E-ISSN: 1940-4026
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3200/bmed.30.1.23-34
PMID15473630
OpenAlexW2031726755
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

The Perceived Illness Experience Scale (PIE) was developed to measure children's perception of their illness experience. In this article, the authors examine the previously uninvestigated factor structure of the PIE using the responses of 184 European children (mean age = 11.61 years, SD = 2.31) with life-threatening illnesses. The findings showed a 6-factor solution: (1) School/Peer Rejection, (2) Thinking About Illness, (3) Physical Appearance, (4) Interference With Activity, (5) Parental Responses, and (6) Manipulation. Children's mean scores on each subscale and for the composite Revised PIE (R-PIE) were generally low, suggesting that as a group, children do not perceive that their illness has an especially negative impact on their lives. There were differences between the children's mean scores on some subscales depending on their gender nationality grouping, and type of illness. These findings provide empirical support for the R-PIE and suggest its usefulness in measuring children's experience of different illnesses in multinational settings

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