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Disease characteristics and psychosocial factors: Explaining the expression of quality of life in childhood epilepsy

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To explore, identify and understand the contribution that biomedical and psychosocial factors make to the assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQL) of children and youth with epilepsy using the CHEQOL-25. METHODS: We identified and measured variables that may influence HRQL; grouped the variables into four conceptual categories; and used simple and hierarchical linear regressions to model CHEQOL-25 as a function of these …

Authors

Ronen GM; Streiner DL; Verhey LH; Lach L; Boyle MH; Cunningham CE; Rosenbaum PL; Group TNAPEQR

Journal

Epilepsy & Behavior, Vol. 18, No. 1-2, pp. 88–93

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

5 2010

DOI

10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.02.023

ISSN

1525-5050