Employability in people with epilepsy A systematic review》.pdfVIP

Epilepsy Research 116 (2015) 67–78 Contents lists available at Epilepsy Research j o u rn al h o m e p a g e : w w w. elsev /locate/epi lepsyres Employability in people with epilepsy: A systematic review Monica Chen Mun Wo a , Kheng Seang Lim a,∗ , Wan Yuen Choo b , Chong Tin Tan a a Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia b Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Objectives: People with epilepsy were (PWE) reported to have poorer employment rate. However, the Received 19 March 2015 methodologies used differ greatly from one study to another, making global comparison difficult. We Received in revised form 12 June 2015 aimed to determine the employment rate of PWE globally using a unified definition of employment rate Accepted 23 June 2015 and to summarize the reported positive and negative factors affecting employability in PWE, using a Available online 10 July 2015 systematic review. Methods: All studies reporting employment rate of PWE were independently assessed. Employment rate Keywords: was recalculated according to the standard definition by the Bureau of Labor statistics (BLS) of United Employment States and the International Labour Organization i.e. employment rate is the percentage of employed Epilepsy Uncontrolled seizures