Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the public attitudes toward epilepsy (PATE) scale

IF 2.3 3区医学 Q2 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Epilepsy & Behavior Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2025.110343

Alaa Elmazny , Mona Hussein , Noha A. Abd ElMonem , Salsabil Abo Al-Azayem , Hazem Samy Matar , Zeinab Mohammed , Rehab Magdy

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Abstract

Background & objectives

No validated questionnaires exist to examine the public’s attitudes about epilepsy in Arabic in particular. Therefore, this study aimed to test the validity and reliability of the Arabic version of the Public Attitudes Toward Epilepsy (PATE) scale.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, Egyptian Arabic-speaking adults aged >18 from different socioeconomic backgrounds were enrolled. To capture the factor structure of the items, exploratory factor analysis was performed using Equamax rotation with Kaiser Normalization. The reliability of the scale was tested by measuring Cronbach’s alpha.

Results

Five hundred sixty participants (205 males and 355 females) with a median age of 33 (25–41) years were enrolled. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.806 for the general domain, indicating excellent reliability, while it was 0.644 for the personal domain, indicating satisfactory reliability. No ceiling or floor effects were detected. Also, the correlation coefficients between each item and its corresponding domain were higher than that of the other domain or the total score. Exploratory factor analysis confirmed that items on the PATE scale were loaded on their two hypothesized domains.

Conclusion

The Arabic version of the PATE scale is a valid and reliable tool for assessing the attitudes toward epilepsy in Arabic-speaking populations.

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Epilepsy & Behavior 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

5.40

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15.40%

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385

审稿时长

43 days

期刊介绍： Epilepsy & Behavior is the fastest-growing international journal uniquely devoted to the rapid dissemination of the most current information available on the behavioral aspects of seizures and epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior presents original peer-reviewed articles based on laboratory and clinical research. Topics are drawn from a variety of fields, including clinical neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, and neuroimaging. From September 2012 Epilepsy & Behavior stopped accepting Case Reports for publication in the journal. From this date authors who submit to Epilepsy & Behavior will be offered a transfer or asked to resubmit their Case Reports to its new sister journal, Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports.