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Fig. 1 | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

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From: Inclusion body myositis—health-related quality of life and care situation during phases of the “patience journey” in Germany: results from a qualitative study

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Dimensions of HRQoL in IBM and suggested tendencies due to physical progression. Applied and adapted dynamic intrapersonal appraisal of HRQoL in IBM patients during progression, based on theoretical considerations of symptom network appraisal [35]. The codes of HRQoL appraisal are shown as bowls for psychological (D1), depressive (D1a), social (D2) and physical (D3) dimension. Intrapersonal appraisal factors summarise the codes: coping (emotional and problem-oriented), coherence, self-efficacy expectation, religiousness and spirituality. We explicitly used this coding and presentation to demonstrate the indicated time-dependent connections of the HRQoL dimensions (two sided arrows) found in the interview material. The grey filling of the bowls illustrates the extent of impairment of HRQoL dimensions at exemplary time point during the four phases

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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

ISSN: 1477-7525

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