Cross-cultural adaptation and use of the epilepsy psychosocial effects scale: Comparison between the psychosocial effects of chronic epilepsy in Sweden and the United Kingdom

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-96

  Chaplin, John E ^a   Malmgren, Kristina ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic epilepsy; Cross cultural; Epilepsy; Psychosocial; Weighting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEAR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032943933     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01994.x     Document Type: Article

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