The ESDQ: a new method of assessing emotional and social dysfunction in patients following brain surgery

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
David G AndrewesMichael Murphy

Abstract

The Emotional and Social Dysfunction Questionnaire (ESDQ) has been designed to overcome some of the difficulties of inappropriately applying psychiatric based questionnaires to brain-damaged populations. Two-hundred and twenty-five patients were assessed following brain surgery (BS) using a self-rating patient version of the ESDQ and 211 of these patients were rated by their partner. A factor analysis using a varimax rotation and principal components analysis found the partner results to show eight factors including, Anger, Helplessness, Emotional Dyscontrol, Indifference, Inappropriateness, Fatigue, Maladaptive behaviour, and Insight. The analysis of the Self-rating questions revealed a similar profile, Anger, Emotional Dyscontrol, Helplessness, Inertia, Fatigue, Indifference, Inappropriate, and Euphoria. The scales based on the factors were subjected to discriminant analysis in which the BS patients were compared with a combination control group of neurosurgical outpatients and terminally-ill cancer patients, all of which were without cerebral complaints. The brain surgery results for the partner-rated and the Self-rated version of the ESDQ were compared with control ratings of 42 partners and 54 self-ratings, respectively. T...Continue Reading

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Jul 11, 2003·Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia·David G AndrewesLisa Bates
Feb 24, 2016·Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia·Lisanne M JenkinsDavid G Andrewes
Apr 23, 2014·Journal of Clinical Nursing·Hui-Chuan HuangHsiu-Ju Chang
Sep 10, 2009·International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. Internationale Zeitschrift Für Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue Internationale De Recherches De Réadaptation·Margaret A Turner, David G Andrewes
Jun 12, 2009·International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. Internationale Zeitschrift Für Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue Internationale De Recherches De Réadaptation·Margaret A Turner, David G Andrewes

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