Characteristics of people with epilepsy who attend emergency departments: Prospective study of metropolitan hospital attendees

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1820-1828

  Noble, Adam J ^a   Goldstein, Laura H ^a   Seed, Paul ^a   Glucksman, Ed ^b   Ridsdale, Leone ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency; Epilepsy; Hospital; Knowledge; Quality of life; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPSY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867222473     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03586.x     Document Type: Article

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