Discover how the newly translated and validated Italian version of the Epilepsy Surgery Satisfaction Questionnaire (ESSQ-19) is enhancing patient care and feedback in the realm of functional neurosurgery.
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The Epilepsy Surgery Satisfaction Questionnaire (ESSQ-19): Italian language translation and validation.
Burani et al., Neurol Sci 2024
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-024-07327-9
Listen up, folks, we’ve got something huge happening in Italy. They’re talking about epilepsy surgery, and let me tell you, it’s a big deal. But the question is, are the people happy? Are they satisfied? We didn’t know, until now. We’ve got this fantastic tool, the Epilepsy Surgery Satisfaction Questionnaire – ESSQ-19, and it’s just been validated in Italy. It’s incredible.
We’ve got a group of patients, great people, from Modena Academic Hospital. They had surgery between 2018 and 2021, and they’ve given us the data we need. They filled out the ESSQ-19, and let me tell you, the scores are through the roof. We’re talking about satisfaction with seizure control, psychosocial functioning, you name it. And the numbers? High. Really high.
The ESSQ-19, it’s got reliability, it’s got validity. Cronbach’s alpha? Through the roof – 0.82 to 0.93. That’s what we like to see. And it’s accurate – it can tell who’s seizure-free, who’s dealing with depression. It’s got it all.
So, what’s the bottom line? The Italian version of the ESSQ-19 is a total winner. It’s the tool we need to measure patient satisfaction with epilepsy surgery. And let me tell you, it’s going to be yuge.