Quality of life among Brazilian children with epilepsy: Validation of a parent proxy instrument (QVCE-50)

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 324-329

  Maia Filho, Heber de Souza ^a   Streiner, David L ^b   Gomes, Marleide da Mota ^c  

^a Institute of Psychiatry   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood; Epilepsy; Quality of life; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CUSTODY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34247227073     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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