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Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-89 and QOLIE-31)

QOLIE-89 contains 17 multi-item measures of overall quality of life, emotional well-being, role limitations due to emotional problems, social support, social isolation, energy/fatigue, worry about seizure, medication effects, health discouragement, work/driving/social function, attention/concentration, language, memory, physical function, pain, role limitations due to physical problems, and health perceptions.

QOLIE-31 is the short-form version of the original long-form QOLIE-89.

QOLIE-89 Documents

QOLIE-89 Survey Instrument

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QOLIE-89 Scoring Manual

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QOLIE-31 Documents

QOLIE-31 Survey Instrument

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QOLIE-31 Scoring Manual

PDF fileScoring instructions

Related Reading

PROQOLID, the Patient-Reported Outcome and Quality of Life Instruments Database

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Development and cross-cultural translation of a 31-item quality of life questionnaire (QOLIE-31) — 1998

Cramer JA, Perrine K, Devinsky O, Bryant-Comstock L, Meador K, Hermann BP

Epilepsia 1998; 39: 81-88

Comparison between the QOLIE-31 and derived QOLIE-10 in a clinical trial of levetiracetam — 2000

Cramer JA, Arrigo C, Van Hammee G, Bromfield EB

Epilepsy Res 2000; 41:29-38