Purpose: Given the high burden of epilepsy on both health‐related quality of life (HRQoL)
and costs, identification of factors that are predictive of either reduced HRQoL or increased …

Depression is the most frequent comorbid psychiatric disorder in epilepsy. Its lifetime
prevalence has been estimated at between 6% and 30% in population-based studies and …

Purpose: We report the development of a questionnaire to assess health‐related quality of‐
life (HRQOL) in people with epilepsy and the process of cross‐cultural translations of the …

Background Depression is a common comorbid disorder in epilepsy but is not routinely
assessed in neurology clinics. We aimed to create a rapid yet accurate screening instrument …

Background: The two-thirds of patients with epilepsy who become seizure-free have a
quality of life (QOL) similar to the general population. The major treatment challenge is …

Purpose: To determine the independent effects of depression and anxiety on health‐related
quality of life (HRQOL) in epilepsy as well as the relative explanatory power of psychiatric …

We developed an instrument to measure health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in epilepsy.
A 99‐item inventory was constructed from the RAND 36‐Item Health Survey (generic core) …

Purpose: To evaluate a brief questionnaire to screen aspects of health‐related quality of life
for persons with epilepsy. Methods: A study of 304 adults with epilepsy was undertaken at …

Purpose: To evaluate the relative contribution of demographic and epilepsy‐related
variables, depressive symptoms, and adverse effects (AEs) of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) to …

Both the incidence and prevalence of epilepsy are high among the elderly. Cerebrovascular
disease is the most common underlying cause, although as many as 25–40% of new …