[How parents of adults persons with epilepsy do their best].

Epilepsy is a common and chronic disease which affects persons at every age. Even though medication can prevent seizures, epilepsy has implications for daily living. Sorrows, increased depression rates and restrictions in everyday life were documented among family caregivers of adult persons with epilpesy.

Quality of life in adult patients with epilepsy and their family members.

Purpose: Epilepsy is not only a neurological disorder but may also have negative psychosocial consequences on people with epilepsy (PWE) and their relatives. Epilepsy has a major impact on quality of life (QoL) in PWE and family members. However, less is known about the impact of family support and family functioning on quality of life for PWE and family members and their interaction.

[Scope of practice of an Advanced Practice Nurse at the Swiss Epilepsy Centre].

Epilepsy is, after stroke, the second most prevalent neurological disease. The disease has a manifold etiology and symptoms and hence treatment options. From the patients who seek treatment in epilepsy centres, some suffer from psychogenic, non-epileptic seizures.

Prognostic value of cycle exercise testing prior to and after outpatient cardiac rehabilitation.

Background: The prognostic value of cycle exercise testing prior to and after outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (OCR) is not well established.

Methods: 2146 consecutive patients undergoing symptom-limited cycle exercise testing at OCR entry, of whom 1853 (86%) also had a test at end of OCR, were followed for a median of 33 months.

Results: All-cause and cardiovascular annual mortality rates were 1.