Psychometric validation of the French version of the quality of life in epilepsy inventory (QOLIE-31): Comparison with a generic health-related quality of life questionnaire

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 275-285

  Picot, Marie Christine ^a,d   Crespel, Arielle ^a   Daurès, Jean Pierre ^b   Baldy Moulinier, Michel ^a   El Hasnaoui, Abdelkader ^c  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (France)

^d HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

Adult; Epilepsy; NHP; QOLIE 31; Quality of life; Seizure frequency

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABILITY; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINATIVE VALIDITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMOTION; ENERGY; EPILEPSY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; FRENCH LANGUAGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITEM TO SCALE CORRELATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTITRAIT ANALYSIS; NOTTINGHAM HEALTH PROFILE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN EPILEPSY INVENTORY 31; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE CONTROL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT TOLERABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11844256899     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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