Quality of life among people with epilepsy: A cross-sectional study from rural southern India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 261-264

  Rakesh, P S ^a   Ramesh, R ^a   Rachel, P ^a   Chanda, R ^a   Satish, N ^a   Mohan, V R ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROWSINESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER 7 QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 2; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE BREF;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84874215450     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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