Epidemiological studies indicate that there is a high rate of mental retardation and
behavioural problems in children with epilepsy. In some cases both the epilepsy and the …

Background and objectives Epilepsy affects the physical, cognitive, emotional, social
wellbeing, and thereby the overall quality of life (QOL). Epilepsy is the most prevalent …

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important outcome in pediatric epilepsy surgery,
but there are few studies that utilize presurgical ratings to assess the effect of surgery on …

Children and adolescents with epilepsy are at increased risk for poor health-related quality
of life (HRQL) even in the absence of active seizures. Clinicians who aim to achieve optimal …

Objective In this post hoc analysis, we aimed to assess seizure‐free days as a potential new
outcome measure to use in randomized placebo‐controlled trials (RCTs) of patients with …

PURPOSE: Investigate if quality of life (QOL) normalizes on long-term follow-up after surgery
for partial epilepsy in children. METHODS: This is a cohort study with controls in which a …

Aim To determine whether epilepsy surgery improved health‐related quality of life (HRQoL)
and whether seizure freedom after surgery mediated the improvement in HRQoL. Method …

Background Epilepsy in children negatively impacts on caregiver quality of life (QOL). The
study aimed to evaluate the relationships between patient factors [demographics, clinical …

Objective The aim of this study was to examine measurement equivalence of the newly
developed Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE‐55) across age …

Health-related quality-of-life measures in childhood epilepsy are typically limited to a
particular functional domain, specific age group, parent proxy-report, or child self-report …