OBJECTIVE: The goal of the work described here was to develop and validate a measure of
the impact of epilepsy on an adolescent's quality of life that is based on direct exploration of …

The Impact of Pediatric Epilepsy Scale (IPES) is an epilepsy-specific, health-related quality
of life (HRQOL) questionnaire that is brief, accurate, and valid and assesses the influence of …

As children's perceptions of their quality of life are unique, it is essential to elicit their
concerns directly rather than from proxy informants. This study therefore aimed to investigate …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the parent‐and patient‐validated content
of quality‐of‐life measurement for use in children with epilepsy. Methods: We asked the …

Purpose: To evaluate measures of epilepsy-specific impact currently available for use with
children and adolescents. The relative merits of the different measures are examined …

Purpose: We report the development of an instrument to assess health‐related quality of life
(HRQOL) in adolescents with epilepsy. Methods: A sample of 197 English‐speaking …

Objective The objective of the study was to validate the parent-proxy reported Quality of Life
in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE) in a sample of young adults with a history of …

Summary Objective The Global Assessment of Severity of Epilepsy (GASE) Scale is a single‐
item, 7‐point global rating scale designed for neurologist‐report of overall severity of …

The aim of this study was to adapt the Australian Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy
Questionnaire (QOLCE) and determine its psychometric properties in a North American …

The majority of previous studies investigating the impact of epilepsy on the QOL of
adolescents have used proxy opinions from clinicians and/or parents. This study highlights …