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Patient satisfaction with epilepsy surgery: what is important to patients

Overview of attention for article published in Epileptic Disorders, November 2018
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Title
Patient satisfaction with epilepsy surgery: what is important to patients
Published in
Epileptic Disorders, November 2018
DOI 10.1684/epd.2018.0995
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Authors

Meaghan Lunney, Sandra Wahby, Khara M. Sauro, Mark J. Atkinson, Colin B. Josephson, Fady Girgis, Shaily Singh, Scott B. Patten, Nathalie Jetté, Tolulope T. Sajobi, Walter Hader, Samuel Wiebe

Abstract

Patient satisfaction with therapeutic interventions is an important outcome of care. Although generic measures of patient satisfaction exist, there is no validated scale for measuring patient satisfaction with epilepsy surgery. We aimed to systematically obtain patient-identified factors related to satisfaction with epilepsy surgery as a means of informing clinicians about the ways that patients evaluate outcomes of their treatment and as a conceptual basis for the future development of epilepsy surgery patient satisfaction scales. Focus group discussions with epilepsy surgery patients (n=9) were conducted to identify themes relevant to patient satisfaction with epilepsy surgery and to draft initial items of importance. Consensus methodology (Delphi technique) was used to obtain expert opinion (n=13) to refine the items. Member-checking with focus group participants was performed to ensure the identified items were relevant, clear, and inclusive. A list of 31 items embodied 12 themes related to patient-reported satisfaction with epilepsy surgery. These included adverse effects, medical care or rehabilitation, seizure control, post-operative recovery, anti-seizure medication, independence, seizure worry, ability to drive, social relationships, self-confidence, improved cognitive function, and improved physical health. This study used a systematic approach to identify factors that are important to patients when assessing satisfaction with epilepsy surgery. This knowledge can assist clinicians caring for these patients and is also a critical step towards the validation of a formal scale to assess satisfaction with epilepsy surgery.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 9 18%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 12%
Student > Bachelor 4 8%
Professor 3 6%
Other 3 6%
Other 9 18%
Unknown 16 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 11 22%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 14%
Psychology 6 12%
Neuroscience 4 8%
Engineering 2 4%
Other 5 10%
Unknown 15 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 October 2018.
All research outputs
#13,539,793
of 24,008,549 outputs
Outputs from Epileptic Disorders
#204
of 676 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#203,674
of 444,512 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Epileptic Disorders
#3
of 4 outputs
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