Development and validation of the Pediatric Epilepsy Medication Self-Management Questionnaire

• Published in: Epilepsy & behavior Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 94 - 99
• Main Authors: Modi, Avani C., Monahan, Sally, Daniels, Dee, Glauser, Tracy A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Adherence; Adolescent; Analysis of Variance; Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use; Barriers; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Disease knowledge; Efficacy; Epilepsy - drug therapy; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Family management; Female; Humans; Male; Medication Adherence; Neurology; Psychometric; Reliability; Seizures; Self Administration; Surveys and Questionnaires; Validity; Adherence; Validity; Psychometric; Barriers; Family management; Efficacy; Children; Disease knowledge; Reliability; Seizures

Study aims were to describe the development and validation of a Pediatric Epilepsy Medication Self-Management Questionnaire (PEMSQ) for caregivers of children 2-14 years. It was expected that PEMSQ scales would have 1) factors with high internal consistency (e.g., Cronbach's alpha > 0.70) an...