The Greek version of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-31)

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 833-839

  Haritomeni, Piperidou ^a   Aikaterini, Terzoudi ^a,b   Theofanis, Vorvolakos ^a   Elizabeth, Davis ^a   Ioannis, Heliopoulos ^a   Konstantinos, Vadikolias ^a   Georgios, Giassakis ^a   Petros, Aggelopoulos ^a   Georgios, Georgiadis ^a   Anna, Karlovasitou ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Greek; Psychometric properties; QOLIE 31; Translation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN EPILEPSY INVENTORY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33744469352     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-5149-9     Document Type: Article

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