Patient-perceived risk associated with epilepsy and its medication treatment.

Regardless of the expert advice of health care practitioners, it is ultimately the patient's decision how to best manage his or her condition. This decision can be influenced by the perceived risk of both the disease and its treatment. The objective of this study was to develop a survey to evaluate perceived risk associated with epilepsy and its medication treatment.

A Prospective Evaluation of the Effects of a 12-Week Outpatient Exercise Program on Clinical and Behavioral Outcomes in Patients with Epilepsy.

Purpose. We hypothesized that patients randomized to an exercise program would demonstrate a measurable improvement in behavioral outcomes with no adverse clinical outcomes, as compared with control patients.Methods.