Counting seizures: The primary outcome measure in epileptology from the patients' perspective

Seizure

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-103

  Blachut, Barbara ^a   Hoppe, Christian ^a   Surges, Rainer ^a   Stahl, Jutta ^b   Elger, Christian E ^a   Helmstaedter, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Patient reported outcome measure; Seizure diary; Seizure frequency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOCIAL STATUS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEIZURES; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEIZURES; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930989162     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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