Chronic illnesses are associated with multiple stressors that compromise quality of life (QOL). Implicit in many of these stressors is the concept of illness intrusiveness: the disruption of lifestyles, activities, and interests due to the constraints imposed by chronic disease and its treatment. The purpose of this study was to examine illness intrusiveness and QOL in epilepsy in patients with different levels of seizure control.
Division of Neurology, Krembil Neuroscience Program, School of Nursing, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
