Preliminary development and validation of the Indonesian Pediatric Epilepsy Questionnaire (INA‐PEPSI) to determine epilepsy and distinguish focal and generalized epilepsy in infants and children with unprovoked seizure in low‐resource settings
Setyo Handryastuti,
Rizal Agus Tiansyah,
Irawan Mangunatmadja
et al.
Abstract:ObjectiveTo outline the preliminary development and validation of a questionnaire for diagnosing epilepsy and distinguishing focal and generalized epilepsy among infants and children in Indonesia, where electroencephalography and pediatric neurologists are generally not available.MethodsA 10‐question questionnaire comprising of 43 items was developed through literature review and expert panel discussions. Then, the questionnaire was administered by pediatricians to 75 children aged 1 month to 18 years old pres… Show more
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