Validity and reliability of the Portuguese-Brazilian version of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory-89

Date
2009-03-01Author
Azevedo, Auro Mauro [UNIFESP]
Alonso, Neide Barreira [UNIFESP]
Vidal-Dourado, Marcos [UNIFESP]
Silva Noffs, Maria Helena da [UNIFESP]
Pascalicchio, Tatiana Frascarelli [UNIFESP]
Sales Ferreira Caboclo, Luis Otavio [UNIFESP]
Ciconelli, Rozana Mesquita [UNIFESP]
Sakamoto, Americo Ceiki [UNIFESP]
Targas Yacubian, Elza Marcia [UNIFESP]
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ArtigoISSN
1525-5050Is part of
Epilepsy & BehaviorDOI
10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.12.010Metadata
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Objective: the purpose of this article was to report the translation of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory-89 (QOLIE-89) into a Portuguese-Brazilian version and evaluate its reliability and validity.Methods: This study involved 105 Outpatients: 54 patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) with mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) and 51 with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). Reliability and test-retest reliability were assessed. Relationships between QOLIE-89 domains and other questionnaires (Nottingham Health Profile, Beck Depression Inventory, Adverse Event Profile, Neuropsychological Evaluation), and external measures such as demographic and clinical variables were analyzed to examine construct validity.Results: Internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.73-0.92) and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.60-0.84) for individual domains were acceptable. for construct validity, we verified high correlations between the QOLIE-89 and the Nottingham Health Profile, Beck Depression Inventory, Adverse Event Profile, and Neuropsychological Evaluation. for clinical characteristics, the patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy had better quality-of-life scores on 11 of 17 QOLIE-89 subscales compared with patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (P < 0.05).Conclusion: These results Support the reliability and validity of the Portuguese-Brazilian translation of QOLIE-89. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Inc.
Citation
Epilepsy & Behavior. San Diego: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, v. 14, n. 3, p. 465-471, 2009.Keywords
EpilepsyQuality of life
Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory-89
Portuguese version
Reliability
Validity
Temporal lobe epilepsy
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
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