Prevalence of convulsive epilepsy and health-related quality of life of the population with convulsive epilepsy in rural areas of Tibet Autonomous Region in China: An initial survey

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-381

  Zhao, Yuhua ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Tsering, Thashi ^b   Sangwan, ^b   Hu, Xuejun ^c   Liu, Ling ^a   Shang, Huifang ^a   Chen, Qin ^a   Liu, Yonghong ^a   Yang, Xuhong ^a   Wang, Wenzhi ^d   Li, Shichuo ^d   Wu, Jianzhong ^d   Sander, Josemir W ^e,f   Zhou, Dong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b People's Hospital of Markham County   (China)

^c People's Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^f STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Convulsive epilepsy; Health related quality of life; Prevalence rate; Tibet autonomous region; Traditional treatment; Treatment gap

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; TIBET;

EID: 40649108536     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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