Yozgat Bozok University Medical School, Department of Neurology, Yozgat, Turkey.
Yozgat Bozok University Medical School, Department of Neurology, Yozgat, Turkey.
Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Oct;111:107245. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107245. Epub 2020 Jul 18.
This study was conducted to test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Public Attitudes Toward Epilepsy (PATE) scale, which aims to understand public perceptions of seizures and epilepsy.
The scale was translated following the standard procedures. For psychometric validation, the Turkish version of the PATE scale was administered to 201 native Turkish speakers above the age of 18 who had no history of seizures or epilepsy. It was found that the respondents were able to fill out the scale quickly and without difficulty in understanding the translated items on the scale.
Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.843 for the overall scale and above 0.7 for each individual item. Cronbach's alpha was 0.78 for the general domain and 0.792 for the personal domain. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were carried out and showed that the scale had a structure similar to that of the original scale, with the 14 items grouped under two dimensions, similar to the original scale.
The Turkish version of the PATE scale was a valid and reliable tool to measure the attitudes toward epilepsy in Turkish society.
本研究旨在检验土耳其版公众对癫痫态度量表（PATE）的有效性和可靠性，该量表旨在了解公众对癫痫发作和癫痫的看法。
该量表按照标准程序进行翻译。为了进行心理测量验证，对 201 名母语为土耳其语且年龄在 18 岁以上、无癫痫发作或癫痫病史的土耳其人进行了土耳其版 PATE 量表的测试。结果发现，被试者能够快速、毫不费力地填写量表上翻译后的项目。
总体量表的克朗巴赫α系数为 0.843，每个单项的克朗巴赫α系数均高于 0.7。一般领域的克朗巴赫α系数为 0.78，个人领域的克朗巴赫α系数为 0.792。进行了探索性和验证性因素分析，结果表明该量表的结构与原始量表相似，14 个项目分为两个维度，与原始量表相似。
土耳其版 PATE 量表是一种有效且可靠的工具，可用于测量土耳其社会对癫痫的态度。
