Quality of life and burden in caregivers of patients with epilepsy

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 354-360

  Westphal Guitti, Ana Carolina ^a   Alonso, Neide Barreira ^a   Vaz Pedroso Migliorini, Rosa Cristina ^a   da Silva, Tatiana Indelicato ^a   Azevedo, Auro Mauro ^a   Caboclo, Luís Otávio Sales Ferreira ^a   Sakamoto, Américo Ceiki ^a   Yacubian, Elza Márcia Targas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR FAMILY; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAZIL; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 39549088362     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01376517-200712000-00006     Document Type: Article

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