Epilepsy

Research conducted by: RAND Health

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Responsiveness of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-89) in an Antiepileptic Drug Trial — Dec 31, 2002

Responsiveness of this HRQOL measure can be reported in terms of previously established benchmarks for ESs, which can be predicted from other indices.

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Seizure Reduction and Quality of Life Improvements in People with Epilepsy — Dec 31, 2001

In this study, HRQOL improvement occurred primarily among patients who achieved complete seizure freedom.

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Quality of Life Measures in Epilepsy: How Well Can They Detect Change Over Time? — Dec 31, 1999

Epilepsy-targeted health-related quality of life measures may be preferable to generic ones in longitudinal studies.

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Development of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory — Dec 31, 1994

Describes the development of a 99-item epilepsy HRQOL inventory that includes the SF-36 as its core.

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Quality of life of epilepsy surgery patients compared to outpatients with hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and — Dec 31, 1992

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of 166 adults who had previously undergone surgical treatment for intractable epilepsy was compared with that of outpatients having hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and/or depressive symptoms. Eight self-reported HRQOL domains were evaluated and compared using the RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.

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Reliability and Validity of the Katz Adjustment Scales in an Epilepsy Sample — Dec 31, 1991

Development of quality of life measures de novo is time-consuming and expensive, and a number of instruments are already available for general use.

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