Quality of Life in children with epilepsy
Keywords:
QOL, symptoms of anxiety, CWE, Epilepsy stigma
Abstract
Care of children with epilepsy (CWE) in developing resource limited nations like India includes major emphasis on seizure control with minimal possible side effects of anti-epileptic drugs. Evaluation of QOL of CWE and steps to improve it is unfortunately not considered as an important issue.
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2. Devinsky O, Westbrook L, Cramer J, Glassman M et al. Risk factors for poor health-related quality of life in adolescents with epilepsy. Epilepsia. 1999 Dec;40(12):1715-20. [PubMed]
3. Caplan R, Siddarth P, Vona P, Stahl L, Bailey C, Gurbani S, et al. Languages in pediatric epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2009;50:2397–407. [PubMed]
4. Talarska D.The usefulness of Quality of Life Childhood Epilepsy (QOLCE) questionnaire in evaluating the quality of life of children with epilepsy.Adv Med Sci. 2007;52 Suppl 1:191-3.
5. Jones C, Reilly C. Parental anxiety in childhood epilepsy: A systematic review.Epilepsia. 2016 Apr;57(4):529-37. [PubMed]
6. Akpan MU, Okpokowuruk FS. Health-related quality of life of children with seizure disorder inUyo, Nigeria. Int J Pediatr Res. 2018;5(5):251-257.
7. Jacoby A, Austin JK. Social stigma for adults and children with epilepsy.Epilepsia. 2007;48 Suppl 9:6-9. [PubMed]
CITATION
DOI: 10.17511/ijpr.2018.i05.01
Published: 2018-05-31
How to Cite
Dr. Roosy Aulakh. (2018). Quality of Life in children with epilepsy. Pediatric Review: International Journal of Pediatric Research, 5(5), 249-250. https://doi.org/10.17511/ijpr.2018.i05.01
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