Dr. Mishel's model describes concepts such as: “stimuli structure”, “cognitive abilities” and “structure providers” (Mishel, p.225, 1988). The first concept, stimulus frame, refers to the form, composition and structure of the stimuli that the person perceives and is composed of three components: pattern of symptoms, familiarity with events and congruence of events (McEwen & Wills, p.243, 2014). Here we examine the consistency of symptoms, the regularity of their onset, and the consistency between what is expected and what is experienced. According to Mishel, the next two concepts, cognitive abilities and structure providers, influence the stimulus framework. When dealing with an illness, you often share a lot of information with sufferers and those affected. At a certain point, individuals may become overloaded with information and reach their cognitive capacity, causing a decrease in the amount of information that can be processed, directly influencing the structure of the stimuli. Next, facility providers are those “pillars” in an individual's health journey who provide education to improve a person's knowledge base, provide social support (friends, family, or spiritual support), and provide credible authority (competent healthcare personnel and reliable, such as doctors and nurses). Other concepts include evaluation, inference (danger or opportunity), illusion, and coping mechanisms”
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