• 1. Department of Pharmacy/Evidence-based Pharmacy Center, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610041, China;
  • 3. Department of pediatrics , West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
ZHANG Lingli, Email: zhlingli@sina.com
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Objective  We aimed to develop a self-management assessment scale for children with epilepsy and test its reliability and validity. Methods  A research group was established, and the items were revised through literature review, group discussion and pre-investigation, and 280 patients with epilepsy in children were included, and the reliability and validity of the scale were tested. Results  28 items in 4 dimensions were developed to form the scale, namely, knowledge and belief of diseases and medication, compliance of medication and treatment, self-efficacy of medication and obstacles of medication. Confirmatory factor analysis extracted four common factors with characteristic roots greater than 1, and the cumulative variance explanation rate was 65.639%. The factor load of all items is > 0.5. The overall Cronbach’s alpha is 0.880, and the coefficients in seven measurement dimensions are all greater than 0.8. Conclusion  The self-management assessment scale for children’s epilepsy drugs has good reliability and validity, and can provide a measuring tool for the drug management of children’s epilepsy diseases.

Citation: YANG Chunsong, YANG Yaya, YU Dan, ZHANG Lingli. Construction and reliability and validity test of self-management scale for epilepsy medication in children. Journal of Epilepsy, 2024, 10(1): 26-31. doi: 10.7507/2096-0247.202311011 Copy

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