Assessing preoperative hope and expectations related to functional neurosurgery: a new questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite successful functional neurosurgery, patients suffering from epilepsy or Parkinson's disease may experience postoperative psychological distress and social maladjustments. Difficulties in coping with postoperative changes, even positive ones, have shown to be related to patients' presurgery cognitive representations (i.e., expectations, hope). The aim of this study was to develop an instrument assessing various key features of surgery outcomes' representations, namely the Preoperative Hope and Expectations Questionnaire (PHEQ).

Methods

Participants were patients (n = 50) diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (n = 25) or epilepsy (n = 25), candidates for functional neurosurgery (i.e., Deep brain stimulation, anterior temporal lobectomy). Two to three weeks befo

SUBMITTER: Radomska M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8897841 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature