Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire - Chronic Illness (CFQ-CI)
Trindade, I. A., Ferreira, C., & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2018). Assessment of chronic illness-related cognitive fusion: Preliminary development and validation of a new scale with an IBD sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. doi: 10.1007/s10880-017-9536-5
(original version in Portuguese from Portugal)
Beacham, A. O., Linfield, K., Kinman, C. R., & Payne-Murphy, J. (2015). The Chronic Illness Acceptance Questionnaire: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Prediction of Perceived Disability in an Online Chronic Ilness Support Group Sample.
Chronic illnesses and health conditions are among the most frequently diagnosed illnesses and costly in health care systems worldwide. Patients seek simultaneous medical care for multiple chronic illnesses and related symptoms. In this study, a measure of Acceptance commonly utilized in chronic pain populations (Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire) was adapted for application with patients with heterogeneous and often co-morbid chronic illness diagnoses.