Evaluation of the Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ), a Self-Management Skill Assessment Tool, in Italian Chronic Patients.
Andrea PozzaRichard H OsborneGerald R ElsworthGiacomo GualtieriFabio FerrettiAnna ColucciaPublished in: Psychology research and behavior management (2020)
The heiQ has robust properties across translations and it can also be used routinely in Italian healthcare contexts. The evidence that all the other self-management skills did not predict either physical or mental QoL could suggest that the self-management model of chronic diseases is still not sufficiently developed in the Italian context, where patients are passive recipients of medical instructions.