Developing a measure to assess attitudes toward epilepsy in the US population
| Autor: | Stephanie L. Kamin, Patricia H. Price, Gus A. Baker, Judith M. Berkowitz, Frank Gilliam, Joan K. Austin, Laurie J. Bauman, David J. Thurman, Rosemarie Kobau, Colleen A. DiIorio, E. Wayne Holden, Richard F. Antonak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Risk Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Population Health knowledge Factor structure Developmental psychology Interviews as Topic Behavioral Neuroscience Epilepsy medicine Cluster Analysis Humans education Social avoidance Demography Analysis of Variance education.field_of_study Data collection Data Collection Reproducibility of Results Construct validity Middle Aged Weights and Measures medicine.disease United States Telephone survey Neurology Health Care Surveys Female Neurology (clinical) Factor Analysis Statistical Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Epilepsy & Behavior. 5:965-975 |
| ISSN: | 1525-5050 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.08.020 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to develop an instrument to measure the US public's attitudes toward people with epilepsy and to assess the initial reliability and validity of the instrument. A 46-item attitudinal instrument was developed and tested using a proportional, stratified, national, random-digit dial household telephone survey of adults aged > or = 18 (n=758). Exploratory factor analyses revealed four underlying constructs that accounted for 34.4% of the variance in the factor analysis: negative stereotypes (alpha=0.73); risk and safety concerns (alpha=0.85); work and role expectations (alpha=0.76); and personal fear and social avoidance (alpha=0.79). Knowledge was also assessed; participants with less knowledge about epilepsy had more negative attitudes. The results of these analyses provided evidence for reliability and construct validity of the instrument. Additional tests of the reliability, validity, and factor structure of the scales are necessary to refine the instrument. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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