Correlation between child and parental perceptions of health-related quality of life in epilepsy using the PedsQL.v4.0 measurement model.

Health-related quality-of-life measures in childhood epilepsy are typically limited to a particular functional domain, specific age group, parent proxy-report, or child self-report. Generic health-related quality-of-life instruments in paediatric epilepsy comparing child self-reports with simultaneous parent proxy-reports have not been previously investigated. A previously validated generic questionnaire, the Pediatric Quality of Life version 4 (PedsQL.

Vagus nerve stimulation in children with refractory epilepsy: unusual complications and relationship to sleep-disordered breathing.

Background: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is approved for use in patients with refractory epilepsy over the age of 12 years. While this procedure is widely used, there is little data on adverse events in young children.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted on 26 children who had VNS implantation for refractory epilepsy from 1998 to 2004.

Chronic sorrow and coping in families of children with epilepsy.

Epilepsy, a common problem in child neurology, affects the entire family. There is a potential for such psychosocial consequences as parental chronic sorrow and alterations in coping. In this study, 67 parents completed brief questionnaires about their sorrow and coping styles.