Developing a measure to assess attitudes toward epilepsy in the US population

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 965-975

  DiIorio, Colleen A ^a   Kobau, Rosemarie ^b   Holden, E Wayne ^c   Berkowitz, Judith M ^c   Kamin, Stephanie L ^c   Antonak, Richard F ^d   Austin, Joan K ^e   Baker, Gus A ^f   Bauman, Laurie J ^g   Gilliam, Frank ^h   Thurman, David J ^b   Price, Patricia H ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^d INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^f WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^g ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude assessment; Epilepsy; Knowledge assessment; Scale development; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; EXPECTATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STEREOTYPY; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; UNITED STATES; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 10844219802     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.08.020     Document Type: Article

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