[Health-related quality-of-life assessment for patients with refractory partial epilepsy].
METHODS
A selection of 108 abstracts using MEDLINE, providing 20 articles for analysis, was completed by the author's documentation database.


CONCLUSIONS
Few reports have used QoL measures to assess outcome. The QOLIE-89 and 31 show the best validity assessment, although there is little information about the face validity according to the patients' point of view.


OBJECTIVE
To analyze the health-related quality-of-life (QoL) measures applied to partial refractory epilepsy.
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Département de Santé Publique, Unité d'Epidémiologie, Economie de la Santé et Prévention, Hôtel Dieu, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France. lgerbaud@chu-clermontferrand.fr
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D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019090:Case Management; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000927:Anticonvulsants