A novel patient-reported outcome measure for epilepsy: The impacts of seizures and treatment
Description
Is there a fast, simple way to measure whether someone with epilepsy is doing "better" or "worse" compared with a past clinic visit? Not really. Seizure count is often considered a standard, but multiple small seizures may have less impact on someone's life than a single generalized tonic-clonic seizure. In this episode, we talk with authors of a study on an outcome measure that factors the impact of seizures as well as the impact of treatments.
The study: Validation of the seizure-related impact assessment scale
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