Table 2 Mean and median illness beliefs, fatalism social network and health outcomes scores

Consequences

66

4.73 (3.07)

0

2

5

7

10

Timeline

65

8.91 (2.19)

0

9

10

10

10

Personal control

67

4.22 (2.75)

0

2

5

6

10

Treatment control

66

2.89 (2.43)

0

.75

3

5

10

Identity

66

5.35 (2.92)

0

3.75

5

8.00

10

Concern

66

6.77 (3.12)

0

5

8

9.25

10

Understanding

67

2.12 (2.21)

0

0

2

3

9

Emotional distress

67

5.73 (3.09)

0

3

6

8

10

Fatalism 1 My illness is largely dependent on chance or fate?

64

3.36 (1.48)

1

2

4

5

5

Fatalism 2 There is very little I can do to personally improve my health status?

66

2.98 (1.45)

1

1.75

3

4.00

5

Social Network Factors

Mix of network agents

37

3.78 (1.10)

2

3

4

4.5

7

Size of network

37

7.59 (2.73)

3

5

7

9.5

14

Proximate children

37

2.08 (1.38)

0

.50

2

3

4

Number of frequent contacts

37

5.16 (2.47)

1

3

5

6.5

11

Illness work

37

16.6 (9.8)

2.78

10

15

20.9

43.3

Emotional work

37

30.0 (14.4)

1.67

18

29

39

65.0

Self-management behaviours

SDSCA (scaled)

67

28.2 (9.19)

9

20

29

35

45

SF-12 (physical component scale)

67

50.1 (9.5)

32.4

42

50

58

68.4