Patient-validated content of epilepsy-specific quality-of-life measurement

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 233-236

  Gilliam, Frank ^a   Kuzniecky, Ruben ^b   Faught, Edward ^c   Black, Lorie ^a   Carpenter, Gordon ^a   Schrodt, Rita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Departments of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Independence; Quality of life measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STRESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COST OF ILLNESS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031044249     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01102.x     Document Type: Article

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