Adults with learning disabilities and epilepsy: knowledge about epilepsy before and after an educational package
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Adults with learning disabilities and epilepsy: knowledge about epilepsy before and after an educational package
The understanding individuals have about their epilepsy may influence the success with which that individual copes with his/her epilepsy. This paper presents the first evaluation of a video-assisted brief educational package for adults with mild learning disabilities and epilepsy ("Epilepsy and You"; Paul, 1996 21). Utilizing a deferred entry to treatment design to evaluate intervention effects...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2001.0537