Issues related to avoidable mortality in people with epilepsy have been highlighted in the National Sentinel Clinical … Audit of Epilepsy-Related Death in the UK. This audit concluded that 39% of adult epilepsy-related deaths and 59% of … epilepsy-related deaths in children were potentially or probably avoidable. Particular attention was drawn to the important and …

The objective of this review was to overview published cost-of-illness (COI) studies of epilepsy and their … methodological approaches. Epilepsy imposes a substantial burden on individuals and society as a whole. The mean prevalence of … epilepsy is estimated at 0.52% in Europe, 0.68% in the US, and peaks up to 1.5% in developing countries. Estimation of the …

treatment for refractory epilepsy from the Canadian Ministry of Health perspective. The main objective is to estimate the …-controlled trials performed in 904 patients, aged 16-70 years, with at least 1 year history of epilepsy, two to four partial seizures … increased cost of treating patients (with refractory epilepsy) with levetiracetam may be partially offset by a reduction in …

preference discrete choice experiment (DCE) was used to explore the preferences of people with epilepsy regarding the adverse … expert consultation. In addition, a national epilepsy patient advocacy group helped to identify important attributes and … hundred members of a national patient advocacy group with a diagnosis of epilepsy were presented with pairs of hypothetical …

Epilepsy is a common neurological disease, which affects people of all ages. Patients often have deficits regarding … their knowledge of epilepsy. Many of them have recurrent seizures, psychosocial, and emotional problems and report … restrictions in daily living as a result of their epilepsy. Meanwhile, a variety of psychoeducational programs have been developed …