Adaptation and evaluation of the Liverpool Seizure Severity Scale and Liverpool Quality of Life battery for American epilepsy patients

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-363

  Rapp, S ^a   Shumaker, S ^a   Smith, T ^a   Gibson, P ^a   Berzon, R ^b   Hoffman, R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Bayer Pharmaceuticals

Author keywords

Assessment; Epilepsy; Quality of life; Seizures; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031958264     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008802803859     Document Type: Article

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