Quality of Life of Children With Benign Rolandic Epilepsy

Connolly, Anne M.; Northcott, Ellen; Cairns, David; McIntyre, Jenny; Christie, Jane; Berroya, Anna; Lawson, John A.; Bleasel, Andrew; Bye, Ann

doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.03.012

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“…This finding was consistent with the earlier study. Connolly et al (2006) showed that parental emotional impact accounted for 34.9% of the variance in selfesteem scores and 36% of the variance in language scores; however, the mean score for this subscale was 67.22 T 28.53, which was higher than that of our study (52.59 T 15.49). This indicates that epilepsy has greater influence on parents and family members in our study than in the previous study.…”

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“…In agreement with our findings, some investigators have found that long-term disease results in decline in the HRQOL in children with epilepsy (Ronen et al, 2010;Wu et al, 2010), whereas other researchers have found no difference between epilepsy duration and their HRQOL (Connolly et al, 2006;Miller et al, 2003;Mrabet, Mrabet, Zouari, & Ghachem, 2004;Yong et al, 2006). Childhood-onset epilepsy has a prolonged detrimental effect on HRQOL, not only for children and adolescents, even in adults who are without seizures and free of drugs for many years (Mathiak et al, 2010).…”

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Health-Related Quality of Life and Related Factors in Children and Adolescents With Epilepsy in Iran

Momeni

Khanghah

Bidabadi

et al. 2015

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

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The effects of epilepsy may disturb the ability of the child and family to function and has detrimental effects on health-related quality of life (HRQOL). We determined HRQOL and related factors in children and adolescents with epilepsy in Iran. This cross-sectional study was performed in a private neurology pediatric clinic in Guilan Province (North of Iran). We evaluated 108 children and adolescents with epilepsy. Data were collected by interview with parents and review of medical records. Generic and specific HRQOL was evaluated by Child Health Questionnaire and QOL in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire, respectively. The mean of overall generic HRQOL score was 71.05 ± 11.31. The lowest score was related to parental impact: emotional (52.59 ± 15.49). The average total specific HRQOL score was 71.95 ± 11.16. The lowest score dedicated to general health (51.21 ± 18.25). In multivariate regression analysis, duration of epilepsy (p < .016) was independently associated with generic HRQOL scores. Variables were independently associated with specific HRQOL scores including gender (p < .003), duration of epilepsy (p < .011), and family history of epilepsy (p < .005). We found that epilepsy duration was the strongest predictor of both generic and specific HRQOL in children and adolescents with epilepsy. This will be useful for clinicians in epilepsy management, which will enhance HRQOL.

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Health-Related Quality of Life and Related Factors in Children and Adolescents With Epilepsy in Iran

Momeni

Khanghah

Bidabadi

et al. 2015

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

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“…33,34 In contrast, caregiver-proxy reports of children's QOL highlight the importance of cognition and seizure factors. [35][36][37] This tension between how parents and children perceive factors that influence QOL does not invalidate the perspective of caregivers but underscores the importance of obtaining the perspectives of children. There is thus potential for clinicians and service providers to improve or maintain children's positive perceptions of their lives in the context of an epilepsy diagnosis through the application of psychosocial care.…”

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Children's perspective of quality of life in epilepsy

Fayed¹,

Davis²,

Streiner³

et al. 2015

Neurology

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Objective: To study child mental health, parental support, and social support of children with epilepsy as these relate to quality of life (QOL) using child self-report, seizure-related variables, and estimated verbal intelligence based on receptive vocabulary. Methods:A cross-sectional structural equation model of baseline data from the QUALITÉ cohort study, which includes 6 Canadian child epilepsy ambulatory programs. A sample of 3,481 children were screened for the following eligibility: 8 to 14 years of age, with active or medicationmanaged epilepsy. Of 894 eligible children, 506 agreed to participate, of whom 26 were then excluded because of an inability to self-report based on a standard cutoff score of receptive vocabulary lower than 70. The primary outcome of child-reported QOL was measured using the Child Epilepsy QOL Questionnaire.

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“…Several studies evaluated HRQOL in specific epilepsy groups. In two studies, HRQOL was evaluated in children with benign rolandic epilepsy and psychological domain (including anxiety, depression, and self-esteem) was more affected than others were (Connolly et al, 2006;Northcott et al, 2007). Further, one study reported that intellectually normal CWE had higher levels on physical, cognitive (attention, language), psychological (control/helplessness), social and general behavior than CWE and intellectual disability (IQ < 70) (Sabaz, 2001).…”

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Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Epilepsy: A Systematic Review

Stevanović¹,

Tadić²,

Novakovic³

2011

Epilepsy in Children - Clinical and Social Aspects

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Quality of Life of Children With Benign Rolandic Epilepsy

Cited by 33 publications

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Health-Related Quality of Life and Related Factors in Children and Adolescents With Epilepsy in Iran

Health-Related Quality of Life and Related Factors in Children and Adolescents With Epilepsy in Iran

Children's perspective of quality of life in epilepsy

Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Epilepsy: A Systematic Review

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