Four questions to assess attitudes toward epilepsy, the caveness questions: Analytical study to verify the usefulness of the Japanese version.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study sought to translate the Caveness questions (CQs), initially formulated in the United States for assessing attitudes toward people with epilepsy (PWE), into Japanese. Concurrently, the study examined the translated instrument's psychometric properties, specifically the usefulness within Japan's cultural and linguistic context.

Methods

We crafted the Japanese version of CQs-J by drawing upon the original English and German versions. Subsequently, On May 22nd and 23rd, 2023, we administered an online questionnaire survey to the general public registered with the online research survey service (Cross Marketing Group Inc., Tokyo, Japan). Inclusion criteria comprised an age of ≥18 years, processing proficient reading and speaking skills in Japanese, and demons

SUBMITTER: Kuramochi I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11379600 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature