A critical analysis of the existing rating scales and techniques for estimating the severity of epilepsy and its impact on the quality of life, identifying which ones are valid to use now, and which require further development. The topics include statistical aspects of measuring clinical care, seizu

Advances in epilepsy in recent decades have allowed for improved algorithms for diagnosis and a common understanding of terminology with the development of the International Classifications of Seizures and the Epilepsies. Nevertheless, no common system exists for the estimation of epilepsy severity or its impact on quality of life. Therefore, epileptologists lack the ability to make quantitative assessments of individual patients for comparison of care or for meta-analyses in clinical trials. This book on the Quantitative Assessment of Epilepsy Care approaches this omission by addressing the...