Outcome assessment for epilepsy surgery: the impact of measuring health-related quality of life.

摘要: Epilepsy surgery is an increasingly common treatment for intractable epilepsy; yet there no clear consensus among experts on how to report epilepsy outcome. Most published outcome reporting systems focus seizure frequency and type but differ in they define clinically distinct categories. We used a reliable valid measure of self-reported health-related quality life (HRQOL), the Surgery Inventory (ESI)-55, as external standard by which evaluate seven previously published, seizure-based classification systems. The ESI-55 was administered 133 adults who had undergone epilepsy, results were linked data their occurrence before after (over year prior HRQOL reports). These patients classified according each system, variation across groups evaluated using analysis variance. Results reveal noteworthy extent different reflect patients' at follow-up. modified existing derive system that most closely reflects when applied over latest 1-year postoperative interval.