Psychiatric symptoms and health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy and their mothers

Conclusion Epilepsy is associated with a poor psychiatric status and HRQL in childhood. The impact of epilepsy on the HRQL occurs mainly through child-related psychiatric factors. Both the child-reported and parent-reported questionnaires seem to be useful for the evaluation of the HRQL in pediatric epilepsy cases.
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior - Category: Neurology Source Type: research