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Type: | Artigo de periódico |
Title: | Pre-surgery Expectations And Post-surgery Life-changing Validation Process. |
Author: | Barioni Salgado, Priscila Camile Teixeira Fernandes, Paula Cendes, Fernando |
Abstract: | This study aimed to validate two instruments that evaluate pre-surgery expectations and post-surgery life changes of people with epilepsy. The expectations questionnaire comprises 18 yes/no questions and the life changes questionnaire 25 yes/no questions, which includes the 18 questions of the expectations questionnaire plus seven negative questions, considering that the surgery could have a negative effect on the patient quality of life. There were also questions asking the patients to state if they consider the surgery to be a success or a failure, and about the frequency of seizures and their intensity. Patients were interviewed in three different phases: pre-surgery, post-surgery 1 (six months after surgery) and post-surgery 2 (12 months after surgery). The internal consistency of the instruments showed a general Kuder-Richardson coefficient of 0.855 (pre-surgery), 0.833 (post-surgery 1), 0.756 (post-surgery 2), showing that both instruments have a satisfactory content validity and high internal consistency. In this context, the answers obtained in this study are important because they represent the development of a complete set of categorical instruments to evaluate pre-surgery epilepsy expectations and post-surgery life changes. |
Subject: | Adult Epilepsy Female Humans Male Neurosurgical Procedures Patient Satisfaction Questionnaires Reproducibility Of Results Seizures Treatment Outcome |
Rights: | fechado |
Identifier DOI: | 10.1684/epd.2008.0219 |
Address: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19017571 |
Date Issue: | 2008 |
Appears in Collections: | Unicamp - Artigos e Outros Documentos |
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