Natural course and predictors of spontaneous seizure remission in idiopathic generalized epilepsy: 7-27 years of follow-up.

The spontaneous course of idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) is still controversial. The aim of this study was both to investigate the long-term spontaneous course and to identify factors that are predictive for epilepsy remission in a small cohort of 15 IGE patients (9 women) who refused antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment and therefore never have been treated with AED. All of them were reevaluated with a review of their medical records and direct face-to-face interview; the mean duration of follow-up was 15.

Dimensions and profiles of the generalized health-related self-concept.

Objectives: We explore the significance of health as a potentially self-relevant category from the perspective of dynamic self-concept theory. Our intention was to describe the dimensional structure of the generalized health-related self-concept, to identify particular prototypes of health-related self-definition, and to see if these prototypes would differ with respect to appraisals of health behaviour and subjective health.

Design: We conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire study involving 545 college students (23.

Effects of a step-by-step inpatient rehabilitation programme on quality of life in breast cancer patients. A prospective randomised study.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare a conventional oncological inpatient rehabilitation programme with an inpatient step-by-step rehabilitation programme with regard to quality of life in breast cancer patients.

Patients And Methods: Women with the diagnosis of breast cancer were randomly assigned to either the step-by-step programme (group A: 3-week rehabilitation plus 4 and 8 months later a 1-week sojourn each time) or the conventional rehabilitation programme (group B: 4- week stay and no further interventions afterwards). Quality of life was assessed with the QLQ-C30 of the EORTC at t0 (beginning of the study), t1 (end of 3- or 4-week stay) and t2 (12 months after t0, end of study).

[Improvement of health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients by inpatient rehabilitation].

Purpose: Improvement of health-related quality of life in women with breast cancer after primary therapy by standardized inpatient rehabilitation.

Patients And Methods: 129 women with breast cancer, 25-75 years old, and 42 healthy women were interviewed about their health-related quality of life by using the EORTC-QLQ-C30. This questionnaire assesses different aspects of quality of life as well as overall quality of life.