Standardisation of a self-report questionnaire for use in evaluating cognitive, affective and behavioural side-effects of anti-epileptic drug treatments

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-55

  Gillham, R ^a   Baker, G ^b   Thompson, P ^c   Birbeck, K ^d   McGuire, A ^e   Tomlinson, L ^f   Eckersley, L ^g   Silveira, C ^h   Brown, S ^g  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Fazakerley   (United Kingdom)

^c Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g WELLCOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^h David Lewis Centre for Epilepsy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti epileptic drug; Inventory; Reliability; Side effect; Standardisation; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0029896518     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(95)00102-6     Document Type: Article

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