Do depressive symptoms affect mother's reports of child outcomes in children with new-onset epilepsy?

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 955-964

  Ferro, Mark A ^a,b   Avison, William R ^a,b   Campbell, M Karen ^a,b   Speechley, Kathy N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b The Children's Health Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Depression; Epilepsy; Mothers; Quality of life; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 79951726682     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9660-2     Document Type: Article

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