Quality of Life in Epilepsy: Same questions, but different meaning to different people

Tolulope T. Sajobi; Colin B. Josephson; Richard Sawatzky; Meng Wang; Oluwaseyi A. Lawal; Scott Burton Patten; Lisa M. Lix; Samuel Wiebe

doi:10.1111/epi.17012

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Our study revealed two different response patterns to quality-of-life instruments, suggesting heterogeneity in how patients interpret some of the questions. Researchers and users of PROMs in epilepsy need to consider the differential interpretation of items for various instruments to ensure valid understanding and comparisons of PROM scores.

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