Health related quality of life in adult patients with epilepsy compared with a general reference population in Taiwan

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-159

  Liou, Horng Huei ^a   Chen, Rong Chi ^a,b   Chen, Chih Chuan ^a   Chiu, Ming Jang ^a   Chang, Yu Yin ^a   Wang, Jung Der ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b En Chu Kong Hosptial ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Multivariate regression analysis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SOCIAL CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAIWAN;

EID: 20744448425     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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