Predictors of positive and negative attitudes toward their condition in Turkish individuals with epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 385-390

  Aydemir, N ^a   Jacoby, A ^b   Ozkara C ^c  

^a IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Attitudes toward epilepsy; Chronic illness; Depression; Epilepsy; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; THINKING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; TURKEY;

EID: 84860663519     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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