KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya.
Epilepsy Behav. 2012 Aug;24(4):480-7. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.06.001. Epub 2012 Jul 12.
Epilepsy remains misunderstood, particularly in resource poor countries (RPC). We developed and validated a tool to assess beliefs and attitudes about epilepsy among people with epilepsy (PWE) in Kilifi, Kenya. The 50-item scale was developed through a literature review and qualitative study findings, and its reliability and validity were assessed with 673 PWE. A final scale of 34 items had Cronbach's alpha scores for the five subscales: causes of epilepsy (α=0.71); biomedical treatment of epilepsy (α=0.70); cultural treatment of epilepsy (α=0.75); risk and safety concerns about epilepsy (α=0.56); and negative attitudes about epilepsy (α=0.76) and entire scale (α=0.70). Test-retest reliability was acceptable for all the subscales. The Kilifi Epilepsy Beliefs and Attitude Scale is a reliable and valid tool that measures beliefs and attitudes about epilepsy. It may be useful in other RPC or as a tool to assess the effectiveness of interventions to improve knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes about epilepsy.
癫痫在资源匮乏国家（RPC）仍然被误解。我们开发并验证了一种工具，用于评估肯尼亚基利菲的癫痫患者（PWE）对癫痫的信念和态度。该 50 项量表是通过文献回顾和定性研究结果开发的，对 673 名 PWE 进行了可靠性和有效性评估。最终的 34 项量表具有五个分量表的克朗巴赫α评分：癫痫的病因（α=0.71）；癫痫的生物医学治疗（α=0.70）；癫痫的文化治疗（α=0.75）；癫痫的风险和安全顾虑（α=0.56）；以及对癫痫的负面态度（α=0.76）和整个量表（α=0.70）。所有分量表的重测信度都可以接受。基利菲癫痫信念和态度量表是一种可靠和有效的工具，用于衡量对癫痫的信念和态度。它可能在其他 RPC 中有用，或者作为评估改善癫痫知识、信念和态度的干预措施效果的工具。
