Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Public Attitudes Toward Epilepsy scale

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OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Public Attitudes Toward Epilepsy (PATE) scale, which aims to understand public perceptions of seizures and epilepsy.

METHODS: The scale was translated following the standard procedures. For psychometric validation, the Turkish version of the PATE scale was administered to 201 native Turkish speakers above the age of 18 who had no history of seizures or epilepsy. It was found that the respondents were able to fill out the scale quickly and without difficulty in understanding the translated items on the scale.

RESULTS: Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.843 for the overall scale and above 0.7 for each individual item. Cronbach's alpha was 0.78 for the general domain and 0.792 for the personal domain. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were carried out and showed that the scale had a structure similar to that of the original scale, with the 14 items grouped under two dimensions, similar to the original scale.

CONCLUSION: The Turkish version of the PATE scale was a valid and reliable tool to measure the attitudes toward epilepsy in Turkish society.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:111

Enthalten in:

Epilepsy & behavior : E&B - 111(2020) vom: 01. Okt., Seite 107245

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Aktürk, Tülin [VerfasserIn]
Tanık, Nermin [VerfasserIn]
Saçmacı, Hikmet [VerfasserIn]
Chia, Zhi-Jien [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Kheng-Seang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Attitudes
Epilepsy
Journal Article
Public
Stigma
Turkey
Turkish

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Date Completed 17.03.2021

Date Revised 17.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107245

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312695950