Publications by authors named "Courtney A Schilling"
Objectives: To assess prognosis after late relapse in patients who are seizure free for the first 5 years after epilepsy surgery.
Methods: Patients who were seizure free for the first 5 years after resective epilepsy surgery were included. Date of first seizure recurrence, current seizure status, medication, age, and type of surgery were prospectively registered.
Background: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and nature of self-perceived seizure precipitants in epilepsy patients, and evaluate whether anxiety level, depression, or health locus of control influence self-perception of seizure precipitants.
Methods: Adults aged 18 and older who had epilepsy for at least 1 year were recruited in either the inpatient epilepsy monitoring unit or the outpatient epilepsy clinic at Thomas Jefferson University in 2006. Patients anonymously filled out a questionnaire, which included data about age, sex, education, seizure control, and three questionnaires including identification of seizure precipitants, Hospital anxiety and depression (HAD) scale, and Form C of the multidimensional health locus of control (MHLC).
Objective: A person's health locus of control orientation is one of several factors that determine which health-related behaviors a person will perform. The aim of this study was to determine the health locus of control in patients with epilepsy and its relationship to anxiety, depression, and seizure control.
Methods: Adults aged 18 and older who had had epilepsy for at least 1 year were recruited in either the inpatient epilepsy monitoring unit or the outpatient epilepsy clinic at Thomas Jefferson University in 2006.