Comparative study of the health-related quality of life of children with epilepsy and their parents

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-17

  Bompori, Eleni ^a,b   Niakas, Dimitrios ^b   Nakou, Iliada ^a   Siamopoulou Mavridou, Antigoni ^c   Tzoufi, Meropi S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Health related quality of life; KIDSCREEN 27; Quality of life; SF 12

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; ENVIRONMENT; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GREECE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TREATMENT DURATION; WELLBEING; ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84907982303     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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