Epilepsy

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Topic Brief: Infantile Epilepsy

The goal of the topic brief is to identify key management strategies for infantile epilepsy; provide an overview of clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews, and randomized controlled trials that assess infantile epilepsy; and highlight evidence gaps.

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An Evidence Map of Treatments for Infantile Epilepsy

We conducted a scoping review of interventions for management of epilepsy among infants and display our results in an evidence map.

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Responsiveness of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-89) in an Antiepileptic Drug Trial

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

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?

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

Report

Outcomes in 248 patients who had diagnostic evaluations for epilepsy surgery

Outcomes in 248 patients who had diagnostic evaluations for epilepsy surgery

Report

Agreement between self reports and proxy reports of quality of life in epilepsy patients

Agreement between self reports and proxy reports of quality of life in epilepsy patients

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Development of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory

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

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Clinical Epilepsy Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

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Reliability and Validity of the Katz Adjustment Scales in an Epilepsy Sample

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