The effect of epilepsy surgery on caregiver quality of life

Highlights • Successful epilepsy surgery leads to improved QOL and reduced anxiety for persons with epilepsy. • It also leads to improvement of the mental component of their caregivers’ QOL. • Caregiver QOL should be included in quality indicators for epilepsy surgery.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epilepsy research 2013-11, Vol.107 (1), p.181-189
Hauptverfasser:	Karakis, Ioannis, Montouris, Georgia D, Piperidou, Charitomeni, Luciano, Marta San, Meador, Kimford J, Cole, Andrew J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anxiety - psychology Biological and medical sciences Burden Caregiver Caregivers - psychology Depression - psychology Emotions Epilepsy Epilepsy - surgery Female Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Postoperative Period Quality of life Quality of Life - psychology SF36v2 Surgery Surveys and Questionnaires Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Successful epilepsy surgery leads to improved QOL and reduced anxiety for persons with epilepsy. • It also leads to improvement of the mental component of their caregivers’ QOL. • Caregiver QOL should be included in quality indicators for epilepsy surgery.
ISSN:	0920-1211 1872-6844
DOI:	10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.08.006