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- Title
Construction of standardized Arabic questionnaires for screening neurological disorders (dementia, stroke, epilepsy, movement disorders, muscle and neuromuscular junction disorders).
- Authors
El Tallawy, Hamdy N.; Farghaly, Wafaa M. A.; Rageh, Tarek A.; Saleh, Ahmed O.; Mestekawy, Taha A. H.; Darwish, Manal M. M.; Abd El Hamed, Mohamed A.; Ali, Anwar M.; Mahmoud, Doaa M.
- Abstract
A screening questionnaire is an important tool for early diagnosis of neurological disorders, and for epidemiological research. This screening instrument must be both feasible and valid. It must be accepted by the community and must be sensitive enough. So, the aim of this study was to prepare different Arabic screening questionnaires for screening different neurological disorders. This study was carried out in three stages. During the first stage, construction of separate questionnaires designed for screening the five major neurological disorders: cerebrovascular stroke, dementias, epilepsy, movement disorders, and muscle and neuromuscular disorders were done. Validation of the screening questionnaires was carried out in the second stage. Finally, questionnaire preparation was done in the third stage. Questions with the accepted sensitivity and specificity in each questionnaire formed the refined separate questionnaires.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSIS of neurological disorders; PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS; MENTAL health screening; MENTAL status examination; PSYCHIATRIC diagnosis
- Publication
Neuropsychiatric Disease & Treatment, 2016, Vol 12, p2245
- ISSN
1176-6328
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/NDT.S109328