Quality of life in epileptic patients in southern Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 762-769

  Phabphal, Kanitpong ^a   Geater, Alan ^a   Limapichart, Kitti ^a   Satirapunya, Pornchai ^a   Setthawatcharawanich, Suwanna ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Epilepsy; Quality of life; Seizure frequency; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; THAILAND; WELLBEING; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650424347     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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