Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ) None Request inclusion into NCIT below "Research or Clinical Assessment Tool". Adults Clinic Patients Broadbent E, Petrie KJ, Main J, Weinman, J. (2006). The brief illness perception questionnaire. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60, 631-637. Many The Brief IPQ has 9 items, 8 new items from the IPQ plus a causal question. All of the items except the causal question are rated using a 0-to-10-response scale. Five of the items assess Cognitive Illness Representations: Consequences (Item 1), Timeline (Item 2), Personal Control (Item 3), Treatment Control (Item 4), and Identity (Item 5). Two of the items assess Emotional Representations: Concern (Item 6) and Emotions (Item 8). One item assesses Illness Comprehensibility (Item 7). Assessment of the Causal Representation is by an open-ended response item adapted, which asks patients to list the three most important causal factors in their illness (Item 9). Responses to the causal item can be grouped into categories such as stress, lifestyle, hereditary, etc, determined by the particular illness studied, and categorical analysis can then be performed. Good psychometric properties, widely used, has been translated into several languages. Self Broadbent E, Petrie KJ, Main J, Weinman, J. (2006). The brief illness perception questionnaire. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60, 631-637. B-IPQ Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire yes Multiple countries and cultural groups Quality of Life and Care Measure