Assessment of health-related quality of life and influencing factors using QOLIE-31 in Japanese patients with epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 381-387

  Kubota, Hidemoto ^a   Awaya, Yutaka ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

^b Seibo Byoin   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Japanese patients; Post ictal state; Postal survey; Quality of life; Quality of Life in Epilepsy inventory (QOLIE 31); Seizure; Seizure severity

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EPILEPSY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955583765     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.04.045     Document Type: Article

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