Differences in child versus parent reports of the child's health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy and healthy siblings

Value in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 778-786

  Baca, Christine Bower ^a   Vickrey, Barbara G ^a   Hays, Ron D ^b   Vassar, Stefanie D ^a   Berg, Anne T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child and adolescent health; Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ); epilepsy; health related quality of life (HRQOL); outcomes research; patient reported outcomes; proxy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

EID: 77956357329     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2010.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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