Validation of the Subjective Handicap of Epilepsy (SHE) in Brazilian patients with epilepsy


Autoria(s): Monteiro, Edna de Almeida; Osorio, Flavia de Lima; Veriano Junior, Alexandre; Molina, Roberto Souza; Funayama, Sandra Souza; Terra, Vera Cristina; Velasco, Tonicarlo R.; Guarnieri, Ricardo; Bianchin, Marino; Assirati, Joao Alberto, Jr.; Sakamoto, Americo Ceiki; Cecilio Hallak, Jaime Eduardo
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

15/10/2013

15/10/2013

01/07/2012

Resumo

The objectives of the study were to translate and adapt the Subjective Handicap of Epilepsy (SHE) instrument to Brazilian Portuguese and to determine its psychometric properties for the evaluation of quality of life in patients with epilepsy. A sample of 448 adult patients with epilepsy with different clinical profiles (investigation, preoperative period, postoperative period, and drug treatment follow-up) was evaluated with the SHE and the Epilepsy Surgery Inventory (ESI-55). Exploratory factorial analysis demonstrated that four factors explained 60.47% of the variance and were sensitive to discriminate the different clinical groups, with the preoperative group having the poorest quality of life. Internal consistency ranged from 0.92 to 0.96, and concurrent validity with the ESI-55 was moderate/strong (0.32-0.70). Test-retest reliability was confirmed, with an ICC value of 0.54 (2 days), 0.91 (7 days), and 0.97 (30 days). The SHE had satisfactory psychometric qualities for use in the Brazilian population, similar to those of the original version. The instrument seems to be more adequate in psychometric terms for the postoperative and drug treatment follow-up groups, and its use should be encouraged. (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Identificador

EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR, SAN DIEGO, v. 24, n. 3, pp. 345-351, JUL, 2012

1525-5050

http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/35127

10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.04.129

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.04.129

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE

SAN DIEGO

Relação

EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR

Direitos

openAccess

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Palavras-Chave #EPILEPSY #QUALITY OF LIFE #INSTRUMENT #VALIDATION #TRANSCULTURAL #SUBJECTIVE HANDICAP OF EPILEPSY #QUALITY-OF-LIFE #ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY #CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATION #PORTUGUESE VERSION #SEIZURE CONTROL #LOBE EPILEPSY #HEALTH-STATUS #SURGERY #IMPACT #BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES #CLINICAL NEUROLOGY #PSYCHIATRY
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article

original article

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