Abstract: Background: Epilepsy is one of the chronic illnesses that have a great impact on the life of the epileptic children and their family caregivers. The aim of the study was to: Assess the quality of life of epileptic children and their family caregivers. Subjects and Method: Correlation descriptive research design was used in the current study. Setting: This study was conducted at the Outpatient Clinic at Psychiatric Hospital & El-Nasr hospital affiliated to Ministry of Health in Port-Said. A purposive sample of 169 epileptic children with one of their family caregivers were.........
Key words: Children, Epilepsy, Family Caregiver, Quality of Life .
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