Publications by authors named "P E Uvebrant"
Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare parent-reported Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and behaviour of young people before (baseline) and two years after paediatric epilepsy surgery (follow-up).
Methods: The parents of 107 children who underwent epilepsy surgery completed surveys focussing on different aspects of child HRQoL and behaviour at baseline and follow-up. Parents of children with multiple disabilities (n = 27) completed five additional questions focussing on child HRQoL.
The aim was to compare parent-reported symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) before (baseline) and two years after pediatric epilepsy surgery (follow-up). The parents of 107 children who underwent epilepsy surgery completed surveys including the Conners 10-item scale at baseline and follow-up. Changes in scores between baseline and follow-up were compared using paired sample t-test.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This was the 12th population-based study to explore the epidemiology of cerebral palsy (CP) in western Sweden.
Methods: From 2007 to 2010, there were 104 713 live births in the area. We analysed the birth characteristics, aetiology and neuroimaging findings, calculated the prevalence and compared the results with previous study cohorts.
Purpose: The objective was to analyze quality of life in a very long-term follow-up study of now adult individuals, treated for hydrocephalus (without spina bifida) during infancy.
Methods: The entire series was population-based, and the subgroup under study consisted of the 29 individuals without intellectual disability, who consented to participate. About one third had concomitant mild cerebral palsy or epilepsy or both.