Stigma scale of epilepsy: validation process
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Stigma Scale of Epilepsy: validation process.
PURPOSE To validate a Stigma Scale of Epilepsy (SSE). METHODS The SSE was completed by 40 adult with epilepsy attending an Outpatient Epilepsy Clinic at the University Hospital of UNICAMP, and by 40 people from the community. People were interviewed on an individual basis; a psychologist read the questions to the subjects who wrote the answers in a sheet. The procedure was the same for all th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2007001000006