Self-proxy agreement and correlates of health-related quality of life in young adults with epilepsy and mild intellectual disabilities

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 202-211

  Zimmermann, Friederike ^a   Endermann, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Von Bodelschwinghsche Anstalten Bethel   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Disability; Epilepsy; Personality; Proxy reports; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEO FIVE FACTOR INVENTORY; NEUROSIS; NEUROSURGERY; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN EPILEPSY INVENTORY; SELF REPORT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROXY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 45049087326     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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