「看」病：病人如何表述自己的疾病－疾病表述常識模式(CSM-IR)的應用

The patients' cognitive representations of illnesses and received treatment are critical. These illness representations affect the patients'feelings and emotional reactions to the illnesses and their subsequent health behaviors. Misunderstanding the illnesses and treatment impairs the regimen adherence and self-care performance of the patients. By using the common-sense model of illness representations (CSM-IR), a nursing assessment model, healthcare personnel can understand the feelings of patients and their family members toward the illness, thereby incorporating appropriate intervention measures into their caring process. Consequently, healthcare personnel would enhance coping strategies to the illness. This study aimed to explore the implications of the CSM-IR and the extent of its application, using examples to show its use in clinical situations. The CSM-IR is an approach to illness assessment that is family-center and based on the principle of holistic person care. The report can serve as a reference for healthcare personnel by providing a theoretically structured assessment model for improving quality of care.