The relationship between health-related quality-of-life and disability in patients with controlled epilepsy: A cross-sectional observational study

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 13 SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Quintas, Rui ^a   Alvarez, Ana Sabela ^a   Koutsogeorgou, Eleni ^a   Cerniauskaite, Milda ^a   Meucci, Paolo ^a   Sattin, Davide ^a   Leonardi, Matilde ^a   Raggi, Alberto ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Epilepsy; Outcomes assessment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873046239     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: 15377385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31823d4db9     Document Type: Article

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