The impact of epilepsy on health status among younger and older adults

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1820-1827

  Pugh, Mary Jo V ^a,b   Copeland, Laurel A ^a,b   Zeber, John E ^a,b   Cramer, Joyce A ^c   Amuan, Megan E ^d   Cavazos, Jose E ^b   Kazis, Lewis E ^d,e  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Developmental psychology; Epilepsy; Health status; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONICITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA BASE; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 33644620852     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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