PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess and compare health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and emotional well-being in mothers and fathers of @entity1 with drug-resistant @entity302 , referred for presurgical evaluation in Sweden. METHODS: Mothers (n=117) and fathers (n=102) of 122 @entity1 (0-18years) completed the generic 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the Hospital Anxiety and @entity308 Scale (HADS). Mothers' and fathers' SF-36 scores were compared with age-adjusted Swedish population values using the independent t-tests. Differences in the proportions of mothers vs. fathers classified as 'noncases' or 'possible/probable' clinical cases of @entity308 (HADS-D), respectively, were assessed with the chi-square test. Parents' HADS scores were also compared using independent t-tests. RESULTS: Mothers had significantly lower scores compared with norms on 6 of the 8 SF-36 domains (p<0.01), while fathers had significantly lower scores on 4 of the domains (p<0.01). Mothers had significantly lower scores than fathers on 4 of the SF-36 domains (p<0.05). Significantly more mothers than fathers scored below the population mean for the SF-36 Mental Component Summary score. A significantly larger proportion of mothers than fathers had 'possible/probable' @entity148 (52% vs. 38%) but not @entity308 (30% vs. 22%). Mothers had significantly worse scores than fathers on HADS-A (p<0.01) but not on HADS-D. CONCLUSION: Mothers and fathers of @entity1 with drug-resistant @entity302 have diminished HRQoL compared with population norms. Symptoms of @entity148 appear to be more common than symptoms of @entity308 . Mothers experienced higher levels of @entity148 , but not @entity308 , than fathers and scored lower than fathers on vitality, mental health, and Mental Component Summary of the SF-36. There is a need to identify contributory factors and interventions to ameliorate these difficulties.

Health-related quality of life and emotional well-being in parents of XXXX with @entity302 referred for presurgical evaluation in Sweden.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['Depression', 'anxiety (HADS-A) and depression', 'depression'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity302 :: ('MESH:D004827', 'Disease') :: ['epilepsy']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['children']
