MEASURING THE IMPACT OF EPILEPSY - THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL SCALE
MEASURING THE IMPACT OF EPILEPSY - THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL SCALE
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DOI：
10.1016/0920-1211(93)90042-6
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发表时间：
1993-09-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
CHADWICK, D
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作者：
JACOBY, A;BAKER, G;CHADWICK, D
慢性疾病的影响不仅表现在身体症状上，而且还表现在其对社会心理功能的影响上。对于癫痫等疾病，其身体表现是短暂的，随着时间的推移，其社会心理后果可能会引起更大的关注。我们一直参与开发癫痫的生活质量模型。作为对初始模型的改进的一部分，我们设计了一个新的量表来衡量这种情况对日常生活的许多不同方面的影响。该量表被用于75名癫痫门诊患者。对其心理测量特性的初步分析是令人鼓舞的，尽管包含一个与就业有关的项目降低了量表的可靠性。因此，对现有项目的措词作了修订，并增列了一个项目。我们希望该量表将对癫痫治疗及其社会心理方面的调查有用。
The impact of a chronic illness is experienced not only through its physical symptoms, but also as a result of its effect on psychosocial functioning. In the case of an illness such as epilepsy, where the physical manifestations are transient, the psychosocial consequences may, with time, come to be of greater concern. We have been involved in developing a quality of life model for epilepsy. As part of the refinement of the initial model, we have devised a novel scale to measure the impact of the condition on a number of different aspects of daily life. The scale was administered to 75 patients attending an epilepsy out-patient clinic. Initial analysis of its psychometric properties is encouraging, although the inclusion of an item relating to employment reduced the scale's reliability. As a result, the wording of the existing item has been amended and an additional item has been incorporated. We hope the scale will be useful in investigations of treatment for epilepsy and of its psychosocial aspects.