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. 2009 Feb;11(1):59–68. doi: 10.1215/15228517-2008-063

Table 3.

Patient reported difficulties at baselinea

Subscale Question Percentage (%) with Difficulty
Brain specific I get frustrated that I cannot do things I used to. 22
I am bothered by the drop in my contribution to the family. 23
I have been afraid of having a seizure (convulsion). 26
I don’t feel independent. 26
I am not able to drive a vehicle. 44
Functional realm I am not enjoying the things I usually do for fun. 21
My work is not fulfilling. 23
I am not able to work. 24
a

At least 85% of patients responded to each question. Questions with positive phrasing were reworded negatively. The questions listed represent those that ≥20% of patients reported some difficulty. Difficulty was defined as the two worst scores for negatively phrased questions and the two best scores for the positively phrased questions.