Sudden religious conversions in temporal lobe epilepsy

Dewhurst, Kenneth; Beard, Alison

doi:10.1016/s1525-5050(02)00688-1

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“…This finding agrees with most studies linking religiosity / spirituality with TLE [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][23][24][25] . Trimble and Freeman 7 applied the INSPIRIT instrument in its modified form to compare religious experiences among patients with epilepsy who were religious with the religious experiences among patients with epilepsy who were not religious, and with a third group of non-epileptic churchgoers.…”

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“…The majority of studies have reported a positive association between religiosity and TLE [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][23][24][25] . In 1970, Dewhurst and Beard 4 provided the concept that the temporal lobe is the cerebral region related to religious, cognitive and emotional experiences.…”

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“…In accordance with previously published guidelines 17,18 , the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the INSPIRIT-R included the following five steps: [1] translation; [2] back-translation; [3] review by an expert committee to ensure semantic, idiomatic, experiential and conceptual equivalence; [4] testing of the pre-final version; and [5] further testing of the adapted version and adaptation of the scores, under direct supervision by the developers of this questionnaire.…”

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“…The seizures in this syndrome may be characterized by sensory phenomena such as conscious experiential auras of religious or spiritual content 1,2 . The types of experience and their content vary among patients and depend on their religious / spiritual / cultural and personal backgrounds 3,4 . These symptoms may precede complex partial seizures or progress to secondarily generalized seizures, and may also occur after a seizure, as postictal psychosis [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] .…”

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“…The types of experience and their content vary among patients and depend on their religious / spiritual / cultural and personal backgrounds 3,4 . These symptoms may precede complex partial seizures or progress to secondarily generalized seizures, and may also occur after a seizure, as postictal psychosis [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] . In addition, many of these patients exhibit interictal behavior characterized by hyperreligiosity, tendency to write copiously (hypergraphia) and lack of sexual interest (loss of libido and impotence), featuring the Gastaut-Geschwind syndrome 7,8 .…”

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Cross-cultural translation of the INSPIRIT-R for Brazil and its applicability among epilepsy patients

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Bicalho

Sukys-Claudino

et al. 2011

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Objective: To describe the cross-cultural adaptation of the INSPIRIT-R instrument for evaluation of religious and spiritual experiences into a Brazilian Portuguese version and its applicability among epileptic patients. Method: After the translation and back-translation phases, a multidisciplinary committee compared the back-translation with the original text in order to evaluate its content, comprehensibility, conceptual equivalence, cultural and contextual adjustment for Brazilian population. Lastly, the final version was tested on 50 long-term followed-up outpatients with a confirmed diagnosis of epilepsy in Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. Results: The patients' mean age was 33.7 years (18-55) and 26 (52%) were women. They had attended school for a mean of 8.0 years (3-17) years. Most of them (80%) were Catholics and 82% had a confirmed diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy. In the final Portuguese version, questions 3, 7C and 7E required slight modifications, along with the layout of question 7. Conclusion: The Brazilian Portuguese version of the INSPIRIT-R instrument was easily understood by most of the patients, after minimal modifications. Key words: translation, INSPIRIT-R, spirituality, religion, temporal lobe epilepsy.Adaptação transcultural do instrumento INSPIRIT-R no Brasil e aspectos de sua aplicação em pacientes com epilepsia RESUMO Objetivo: Realizar a adaptação transcultural do instrumento INSPIRIT-R para avaliação de religiosidade e espiritualidade em pacientes com epilepsia no Brasil. Método: Após as fases de tradução e retrotradução do instrumento, uma equipe multidisciplinar julgou as versões obtidas quanto à clareza, compreensibilidade, manutenção do conceito original e sua adequação de sentido para a população brasileira. Foram testados 50 pacientes do ambulatório de epilepsia em Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. Resultados: A média de idade foi de 33,7 anos (18-55) e a média de escolaridade foi de 8,0 anos (3-17). As mulheres representaram 52%. Os católicos perfizeram 80% e 82% dos pacientes e apresentavam epilepsia do lobo temporal como diagnóstico sindrômico. Na versão final em português, as questões 3, 7C e 7E sofreram modificações, assim como a forma de apresentação da questão 7. Conclusão: A versão em português do INSPIRIT-R foi facilmente compreendida, sendo mínimas as modificações realizadas no processo de adaptação cultural deste instrumento. Palavras-chave: tradução, INSPIRIT-R, espiritualidade, religião, epilepsia do lobo temporal.

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