eprintid: 81129 rev_number: 44 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/00/08/11/29 datestamp: 2010-10-17 22:11:05 lastmod: 2021-09-19 23:02:37 status_changed: 2010-10-17 22:11:05 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Fernandes, PT creators_name: Salgado, PCB creators_name: Noronha, ALA creators_name: Sander, JW creators_name: Li, LM title: Stigma scale of epilepsy - Validation process ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D07 divisions: F81 keywords: stigma, epilepsy, instrument development, quality of life, validation, stigma scale, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, PERCEPTIONS, ADOLESCENTS, PERSPECTIVE, KNOWLEDGE, PEOPLE note: All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License abstract: 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. date: 2007-06 publisher: ASSOC ARQUIVOS DE NEURO- PSIQUIATRIA official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-282X2007001000006 vfaculties: VFBRS oa_status: green language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Proceedings Paper verified: verified_batch elements_source: Web of Science elements_id: 89109 doi: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007001000006 language_elements: EN lyricists_name: Sander, Josemir lyricists_id: JWASS04 full_text_status: public publication: ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA volume: 65 pagerange: 35 - 42 event_location: Campinas, BRAZIL issn: 0004-282X citation: Fernandes, PT; Salgado, PCB; Noronha, ALA; Sander, JW; Li, LM; (2007) Stigma scale of epilepsy - Validation process. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA , 65 35 - 42. 10.1590/S0004-282X2007001000006 <https://doi.org/10.1590/S0004-282X2007001000006>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/81129/1/a06v65s1.pdf