Table 4 Mean scores and standard deviations (SD) of the three groups of illness narrative types for the BIPQ scale total and its dimensions

Total illness perception score

43.5 (13.44)^{b, c}

38.42 (13.28)^{a, c}

30.7 (12.46)^{b, a}

0.08

a, b = 0.045

b, c = 0.011

a, c = 0.001

Consequences dimension score

7.73 (2.36)

7.35 (2.49)

6.09 (2.84)

-

-

Timeline dimension score

6.17 (2.92)

5.24 (3.29)

4.82 (3.26)

-

-

Personal control dimension score

5.2 (2.9)

4.21 (2.74)

3.71 (2.92)

-

-

Treatment control dimension score

2.82 (2.79)^{b, c}

1.80 (2.08)^a

1.19 (1.90)^a

0.006

a, b = 0.049

a, c = 0.009

Identity dimension score

7.12 (12.83)

4.8 (3.0)

4.04 (2.92)

-

-

Concern dimension score

7.17 (2.55)^c

6.38 (3.32)^c

4.38 (2.71)^{a, b}

0.08

a, c = 0.001

b, c = 0.012

Comprehensibility dimension score

2.44 (2.52)

2.21 (2.65)

2.95 (3.14)

-

-

emotional Representation dimension score

7.26 (2.48)^c

6.36 (3.21)^c

4.19 (2.82)^{a, b}

0.10

a, c = < 0.001

bc = 0.006