Epilepsy: Quality of life and assessment scale evaluation

作     者：Fayun Hu Xiaoyi Zou 

作者机构：Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 Sichuan Province China 

出 版 物：《Neural Regeneration Research》 (中国神经再生研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2008年第3卷第1期

页      面：83-88页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100204[医学-神经病学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：epilepsy quality of life China. 

摘      要：BACKGROUND： Quality of life （QOL） is an important topic in current international research of epilepsy. In countries other than China, QOL in epilepsy has been well studied, and many assessment scales or QOL of epilepsy have been developed and used in the clinical practice. In China, concern for QOL of epilepsy patients is very recent, and QOL assessment scales, which correspond to China＇s basic conditions, are still needed. OBJECTIVE： This review aimed to analyze the primary influencing factors and assessment scales of QOL in epilepsy, to investigate the topics of current and future research for QOL of epilepsy patients, and to highlight the importance of QOL for epilepsy patients, according to China＇s basic conditions. RETRIEVAL STRATEGY： Using the terms ＂quality of life in epilepsy＂, we computer-retrieved from the PubMed （http：//***/PubMed） database human studies published between January 1998 and April 2007 in the English language. A total of 745 manuscripts were searched, of which 243 were review papers. At the same time, we computer-searched the China National Knowledge Infrastructure with the terms ＂epilepsy and quality and life＂ in the Chinese language for studies published between 2002 and 2007. Altogether, 181 Chinese literatures were retrieved, 32 of which were from high-impact journals. LITERATURE EVALUATION： The retrieved manuscripts were initially selected, but 50 were kept for further analysis. The selected manuscripts were as follows： 31 Chinese and/or English studies addressed the influencing factors of QOL for epilepsy patients, as well as assessment scales for QOL in different populations of epilepsy patients, of which 5 were review articles and the remaining 26 were clinical studies; and 19 Chinese and/or English literatures were rejected, because they were not in accordance with the inclusive criteria. DATA SYNTHESIS： QOL for epilepsy patients is an emerging field. At present, ＂the Liverpool group model for determining QOL in peo