Document Detail


Response to rehabilitation of children and adolescents with epilepsy.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21130694     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
One hundred fifty-six children and adolescents with epilepsy from six Italian rehabilitation units were retrospectively enrolled to define the proportion of patients with epileptogenic developmental disorders who benefit from comprehensive rehabilitation programs and to identify factors predicting treatment response. The rehabilitation programs were classified as neuromotor, psychomotor, and speech and language. For each program, the response was coded as present or absent according to the caring physician's judgment. Selected demographic and clinical variables were correlated to treatment response. Neuromotor rehabilitation was performed in 86 cases (55%), psychomotor rehabilitation in 54 cases (34%), and speech and language rehabilitation in 40 cases (26%). Response rates were 58, 74, and 90%, respectively. Independent negative predictors of treatment response included severity of functional impairment (odds ratio=0.02, 95% confidence interval=0.01-0.14) and daily seizures (odds ratio=0.22, 95% confidence interval=0.08-0.58).
Authors:
Matteo Chiappedi; Ettore Beghi; Oreste Ferrari-Ginevra; Alessandro Ghezzo; Emanuela Maggioni; Flavia Mattana; Patrizia Spelta; Maria Chiara Stefanini; Paolo Biserni; Pietro Tonali
Related Documents :
10263094 - Neuro linguistic programming--an aid to management.
10750234 - Quality of information on hospice referral.
18997224 - Views on health care technology: americans consider the risks and sources of information.
10566334 - Mining molecular binding terminology from biomedical text.
12962334 - Reporting the cost-effectiveness of interventions with nonsignificant effect difference...
11859904 - The pace model.
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-12-03
Journal Detail:
Title:  Epilepsy & behavior : E&B     Volume:  20     ISSN:  1525-5069     ISO Abbreviation:  Epilepsy Behav     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-17     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100892858     Medline TA:  Epilepsy Behav     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  79-82     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Centro Medico "Santa Maria alle Fonti," Salice Terme (PV), Italy; Department of Neurological Science, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Lovastatin decreases the synthesis of inflammatory mediators in the hippocampus and blocks the hyper...
Next Document:  Detecting health disparities among Caucasians and African-Americans with epilepsy.