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Background: Unclear illness perceptions are common in heart failure. The self-regulation model of illness behaviour highlights factors that may impact how people with chronic illness choose to cope with or manage their condition and has been used to study pre-hospital delay for stroke and acute myocardial infarction. The principles of self-regulation can be applied in heart failure to help illuminate the link between unclear illness perceptions and sub-optimal symptom self-management. Objective: Informed by the self-regulation model of illness behaviour, this study examines the role of illness perceptions in coping responses that lead to delayed care-seeking for heart failure symptoms. Design: Mixed-methods phenomenological study. Setting(s): Quaternary referral hospital - centre of excellence for cardiovascular care and heart transplantation. Participants: Seventy-two symptomatic patients with heart failure participated in a survey assessing illness perceptions. A subset of fifteen in
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