Children with epilepsy and their parents have different perspectives of the impact of their illness on the child. Assessing quality of life is important for measuring endpoints in clinical trials of new therapies in children, particularly those with epilepsy, a common chronic neurological condition that can negatively impact physical, social, psychological function. In many research trials parents are the ones reporting these outcomes. Measuring quality of life in children, however, can be complex due to the fact that parents may have different viewpoints than their children...
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