TY - JOUR JF - ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA PB - ASSOC ARQUIVOS DE NEURO- PSIQUIATRIA UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-282X2007001000006 ID - discovery81129 N1 - All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License AV - public N2 - Purpose: To validate a Stigma Scale of Epilepsy (SSE). Methods: The SSE was completed by 40 adult with epilepsy attending an Outpatient Epilepsy Clinic at the University Hospital of UNICAMP, and by 40 people from the community. People were interviewed on an individual basis; a psychologist read the questions to the subjects who wrote the answers in a sheet. The procedure was the same for all the subjects and completion took around ten minutes. Results: The SSE has 24 items. The internal consistency of the SSE showed alpha. Cronbach's coefficient 0.88 for the patients with epilepsy and 0.81 for the community. The overall mean scores of the Stigma Scale of Epilepsy formula were: 46 (SD=18.22) for patients and 49 (SD=13.25) for the community where a score of 0 would suggest no stigma, and 100 maximum stigma. Discussion: The SSE has satisfactory content validity and high internal consistency. It allows the quantification of the perception of stigma by patients and people from community; this can then be used for interventional studies, such as mass media campaign in minimizing the negative facets of stigma. SN - 0004-282X SP - 35 VL - 65 Y1 - 2007/06// TI - Stigma scale of epilepsy - Validation process KW - stigma KW - epilepsy KW - instrument development KW - quality of life KW - validation KW - stigma scale KW - QUALITY-OF-LIFE KW - PERCEPTIONS KW - ADOLESCENTS KW - PERSPECTIVE KW - KNOWLEDGE KW - PEOPLE A1 - Fernandes, PT A1 - Salgado, PCB A1 - Noronha, ALA A1 - Sander, JW A1 - Li, LM EP - 42 ER -