Acta neurologica Scandinavica
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Acta Neurol. Scand. · Nov 2009
Depression, anxiety and quality of life in parents of children with epilepsy.
To assess the impact of childhood epilepsy on parental quality of life (QOL) and psychological health, and to investigate possible correlations between parental QOL and background variables as well as parental anxiety and depression. ⋯ Childhood epilepsy has a severe impact on parental QOL and psychological health, and recognition of possible correlations between parental QOL and background variables will be helpful to improve parental QOL.
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Acta Neurol. Scand. · Nov 2009
Freezing of Gait Questionnaire: validity and reliability of the Swedish version.
Patient-reported assessments of freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson's disease (PD), such as the FOG questionnaire (FOGQ), are needed because FOG is difficult to assess objectively. However, the measurement properties of the FOGQ have been sparsely assessed. ⋯ Data support the measurement properties of the Swedish FOGQ by replicating and extending previous psychometric reports.