Reduction of the Adult Epilepsy Self-Management Measure Instrument (AESMMI).

ABSTRACT: Managing one's own symptoms, medications, treatments, lifestyle, and psychological and social aspects of chronic disease is known as self-management. The Institute of Medicine has identified three categories of epilepsy self-management, including medication management, behavior management, and emotional support. Overall, there has been limited research of interventions measuring epilepsy self-management behaviors. The present study aimed to develop an abbreviated version of the full, previously published, Adult Epilepsy Self-Management Measurement Instrument (AESMMI) using confirmatory factor analysis. Data come from a cross-sectional survey of people with epilepsy. The sample included adults with epilepsy (n = 422), who reported that a clinician diagnosed them with epilepsy or a seizure d

SUBMITTER: Escoffery C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10903544 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature