I just want to be normal: A qualitative study exploring how children and adolescents view the impact of intractable epilepsy on their quality of life

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 664-678

  Elliott, Irene M ^a   Lach, Lucyna ^b   Smith, Mary Lou ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Epilepsy; Intractable seizures; Qualitative methodology; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEARNING; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 29544443699     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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