% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Drner:276322, author = {Dörner, Marc and von Känel, Roland and Pazhenkottil, Aju P and Altwegg, Rahel and König, Noelle and Nager, Ladina and Attanasio, Veronica and Guth, Lisa and Zirngast, Sina and Menzi, Anna and Zuccarella-Hackl, Claudia and Princip, Mary}, title = {{D}imensional structure of the {B}rief {I}llness {P}erception {Q}uestionnaire and {A}ssociation with adverse childhood experiences in patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.}, journal = {Scientific reports}, volume = {15}, number = {1}, issn = {2045-2322}, address = {[London]}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, reportid = {DZNE-2025-00285}, pages = {3731}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Illness perceptions (IP), as measured by the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ), and adverse childhood experiences (ACE) have been shown to affect the physical and psychological well-being in different patient populations. However, little is known about IP and ACE in patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). Our objectives were to investigate the dimensional structure and to evaluate correlates of the BIPQ in ICD patients. 423 patients with an ICD were prospectively recruited. We conducted a principal component analysis to determine the dimensional structure of the BIPQ. Associations between ACE, other sociodemographic and clinical variables, and IP were analysed using a multivariable linear regression. We identified a two-factor structure (I = Consequences, II = Control) of the BIPQ. Among others, a higher number of ICD shocks in the past (0.21, $95\%$ CI = 0.01-0.41, p = 0.036), low physical activity (-2.16, $95\%$ CI = -4.37 to -0.37, p = 0.045), more frequent ACE (0.56, $95\%$ CI = 0.08-1.22, p = 0.030), ICD shock-related concerns (0.75, $95\%$ CI 0.62-0.89, p < 0.001), and primary ICD indication (-2.29, $95\%$ CI -4.47 to -0.11, p = 0.039) were significantly associated with more threatening IP. The identification of those variables might lead to more precise interventions targeting maladaptive IP in this vulnerable patient population.}, keywords = {Humans / Defibrillators, Implantable: psychology / Male / Female / Surveys and Questionnaires / Adverse Childhood Experiences / Middle Aged / Aged / Prospective Studies / Perception / Adverse childhood experiences (Other) / Dimensional structure of the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Other) / ICD shocks (Other) / Illness perception (Other) / Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (Other) / Physical activity (Other)}, cin = {AG Schreiber}, ddc = {600}, cid = {I:(DE-2719)1310010}, pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, pubmed = {pmid:39880904}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-025-88470-x}, url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/276322}, }