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Quality of Life in Epilepsy: The Clinician's View
Author(s) -
Devinsky Orrin,
Penry J. Kiffin
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1993.tb05916.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , quality of life (healthcare) , epilepsy , perception , cognition , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , neuroscience
Summary: Quality of life in patients with epilepsy may be impaired by seizures, side effects of medication, and psychosocial problems. Doctors tend to focus their attention on managing the seizures and the side effects, but may not be meeting all of the patient's needs because of differences between their perception of these concerns and the patient's. Further, psychosocial problems often are addressed only superficially or not at all during office visits. The challenge is to integrate quality‐of‐life issues into clinical practice and to better assess the patient's perception of the disorder, the seizures, and the medications, as they impact on cognitive function, emotional well‐being, and social and economic functioning.