Death anxiety in patients with epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-146

  Otoom, Sameer ^a   Al Jishi, Adel ^b   Montgomery, Anthony ^a   Ghwanmeh, Mamoun ^c   Atoum, Adnan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

^c YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Death anxiety; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; DEATH ANXIETY SCALE; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BAHRAIN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846840610     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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