ReviewThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners1996
Care of patients with epilepsy in the community: will new initiatives address old problems?
Review in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Service delivery, behavioural, and self-management interventions for children with epilepsy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Service delivery, behavioural, and self-management interventions for adults with epilepsy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Care delivery and self-management strategies for children with epilepsy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Care delivery and self-management strategies for children with epilepsy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Care delivery and self management strategies for adults with epilepsy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a prompt and reminder card in the care of people with epilepsy.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2002Trial
- General practitioner attitudes to the care of people with epilepsy: an examination of clustering within practices and prediction of patient-rated quality of care.BMC family practice · 2005Article
- A 'real puzzle': the views of patients with epilepsy about the organisation of care.BMC family practice · 2003Article
- Can district-wide audits improve primary care epilepsy management? An audit of seizure frequency recording.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2000Article
- Cross sectional study of reporting of epileptic seizures to general practitioners.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2000Article
- Audit of the care of patients with epilepsy in general practice.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 1996Article
- Structured management in primary care of patients with epilepsy.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 1996Review
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Abstract
Epilepsy is a serious neurological condition that has important medical, psychological and social consequences. Up to 90% of patients with epilepsy are not under hospital supervision at any one time; the role of the general practitioner is therefore of central importance. There seems little doubt that community care of people with epilepsy must be improved. This article reviews the research findings on the quality of care of people with epilepsy, examines the barriers to effective community care, and looks at local and national initiatives to improve the care of patients with epilepsy in the community. Finally, the review considers how care can best be provided in an efficient, effective and acceptable manner within the resources of present day general practice. A patient-centred model is proposed that would tailor care to the needs of the individual patient.
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