Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 3 Dimensions and items

From: Development of an item pool for a questionnaire on the psychosocial consequences of hypertension labelling

	Number of items
Part I	94
Anxiety	11
core	9
disease specific	1
new	1
Behaviour	7
core	7
Blood pressure related	3
new	3
Body Perception	7
disease specific	5
new	2
Emotional	8
disease specific	3
new	5
Fear and Powerlessness	11
disease specific	6
new	5
Introvert	4
disease specific	4
Lifestyle	2
disease specific	2
Perception of age	2
disease specific	2
Results of diagnosis	2
new	2
Sense of dejection	14
core	7
new	7
Sexual	2
core	1
disease specific	1
Single Items	10
core	2
disease specific	5
new	3
Sleep	4
core	4
Social Relations	7
new	7
Part II	38
Empathy	3
disease specific	3
Existential values	8
core	6
new	2
Hypertension related	2
new	2
Impulsive	6
disease specific	6
Patient Role	8
new	8
Personal Relations	3
core	3
Preoccupation with health	3
new	3
Relaxed/Calm	3
core	3
Single Items	2
new	2
Total Geral	132

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