A brief questionnaire to screen for quality of life in epilepsy: The QOLIE-10

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 577-582

  Cramer, Joyce A ^a,d   Perrine, Kenneth ^b   Devinsky, Orrin ^b   Meador, Kimford ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0029896080     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00612.x     Document Type: Article

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