Rating scale for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: Scale development and clinimetric testing

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-131

  Cianci, Vittoria ^a,b   Ferlazzo, Edoardo ^a,b   Condino, Francesca ^c   Mauvais, Hélène Somma ^d   Farnarier, Guy ^d   Labate, Angelo ^a   Latella, Maria Adele ^b   Gasparini, Sara ^a   Branca, Damiano ^b   Pucci, Franco ^a   Vazzana, Francesco ^b   Gambardella, Antonio ^a,c   Aguglia, Umberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Reggio Calabria   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Clinimetric testing; Pseudoseizures; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Rating scale; Video electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLATION; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RATING SCALE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC SEIZURE; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958761629     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.03.025     Document Type: Article

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