Examining health-related quality of life, adaptive skills, and psychological functioning in children and adolescents with epilepsy presenting for a neuropsychological evaluation

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-493

  Clary, Lauren E ^a   Vander Wal, Jillon S ^a   Titus, Jeffrey B ^b,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Behavior Assessment System for Children, Second Edition; Child; Epilepsy; Health related quality of life; Psychological adaptation; Psychopathology; Social adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78649903459     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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