Continued caregiver burden: Seizure-free may not equal burden-free

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 361-367

  Lane, Angela Bollich ^a   Dede, Duane E ^a   Chandra, Sapna P ^a   Gilmore, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Coping; Depression; Epilepsy; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0032210674     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6974(98)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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