Effect of providing sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) information to persons with epilepsy (PWE) and their caregivers-Experience from a tertiary care hospital.

Divya Madathiparambil RadhakrishnanBhargavi RamanujamPadma SrivastavaDeepa DashManjari Tripathi

Published in: Acta neurologica Scandinavica (2018)

The present study suggests that providing information on SUDEP to PWE and their caregivers may increase drug adherence without adverse effect on quality of life or mood. Well-designed studies with high methodological quality are required to determine the precise effect size associated with disclosure of SUDEP information on drug adherence in PWE.

Keyphrases

palliative care
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metabolic syndrome
quality improvement
social media