Predictors of health‐related quality of life and costs in adults with epilepsy: a systematic review

RS Taylor, JW Sander, RJ Taylor, GA Baker - Epilepsia, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Given the high burden of epilepsy on both health‐related quality of life (HRQoL)
and costs, identification of factors that are predictive of either reduced HRQoL or increased …

Comorbidity between epilepsy and sleep disorders

R Manni, M Terzaghi - Epilepsy research, 2010 - Elsevier
Despite being relatively common and potentially able to have clinical and
pathophysiological consequences, the comorbidity between epilepsy and sleep disorders is …

Relationship between adverse effects of antiepileptic drugs, number of coprescribed drugs, and drug load in a large cohort of consecutive patients with drug‐refractory …

MP Canevini, G De Sarro, CA Galimberti, G Gatti… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To evaluate the adverse effects (AEs) of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in adults with
refractory epilepsy and their relationship with number of coprescribed AEDs and AED load …

[HTML][HTML] Burden in caregivers of adults with epilepsy in Asian families

ST Lai, WY Tan, MCM Wo, KS Lim, SB Ahmad, CT Tan - Seizure, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose The literature on caregiver burden tends to focus on children and teenagers with
epilepsy and less on adults. As caregiving is a dynamic, complex process across the …

Quality of life in epilepsy—31 inventory (QOLIE-31) scores: A global comparison

A Saadi, B Patenaude, FJ Mateen - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
Quality of life is a pragmatic endpoint for understanding the experience of people with
epilepsy (PWE) in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), where> 80% of PWE reside …

Subjective sleep disturbance in epilepsy patients at an outpatient clinic: a questionnaire-based study on prevalence

V Ismayilova, AU Demir, FI Tezer - Epilepsy research, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective The clinically important interaction between epilepsy and sleep is complex. The
aim of this paper is to review the frequency of sleep complaints and the comorbidity of sleep …

Population-based study of epilepsy in Cambodia associated factors, measures of impact, stigma, quality of life, knowledge-attitude-practice, and treatment gap

D Bhalla, K Chea, C Hun, M Vannareth, P Huc, S Chan… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Purpose Identify epilepsy-associated factors and calculate measures of impact, stigma,
quality of life (QOL), knowledge-attitude-practice (KAP) and treatment gap in Prey Veng …

[HTML][HTML] Severity of anxiety and depression are related to a higher perception of adverse effects of antiepileptic drugs

B Gómez-Arias, D Crail-Meléndez, R López-Zapata… - Seizure, 2012 - Elsevier
After reviewing the negative effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on general health and
quality of life, the Commission on Outcome Measurement from the International League …

Health-related quality of life in Russian adults with epilepsy: the effect of socio-demographic and clinical factors

E Melikyan, A Guekht, L Milchakova, A Lebedeva… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate socio-demographic and clinical factors
influencing the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of adult patients with epilepsy in a …

Quality of life and associated factors among patients with epilepsy attending outpatient department of Saint Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa …

G Mesafint, S Shumet, Y Habtamu… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Epilepsy is strongly associated with an impaired quality of life. Patients suffering
from epilepsy have a poorer quality of life than both the general population and many other …