Epilepsy at a tertiary referral center in Iran, a quality of life study

• Main Authors: Farzan Kheirkhah, Payam Saadat, Sanaz Navari, Alijan Ahmadi Ahangar, Angela Hamidia, Soraya Khafri, Niloofar Razavi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House 2019-06-01
• Series: Romanian Journal of Neurology
• Subjects: epilepsy; quality of life; seizure; neurological disorder; qolie-31
• Online Access: https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_Journal_of_NEUROLOGY/Revista_Romana_de_NEUROLOGIE-2019-Nr.2/RJN_2019_2_Art-02.pdf

Background. Epilepsy is caused by frequent generation of excitatory impulses in different part of the brain and it would affect different aspects of quality of life in these patients.The present study was conducted to evaluate the quality of life and diverse Confounding Factors in epileptic patients. Methods. This Descriptive-analytical study was performed in 2017 with a simple random sampling method on 150 patients with epilepsy who admitted to the neurology department of Rouhani hospital of Babol. We used Patient Weighted Quality Of Life In Epilepsy (QOLIE-31-P) questionnaire. All statistics were carried out using SPSS v21.0 and P<0.05 was accepted as statistically significant. Results. Of the 150 participant. The mean overall quality of life score in the patients was 54.07 (11.63%). The quality of life of patients with epilepsy in females (54.19±11.52) was higher than males (53.89±11.88, p=0.979). The overall quality of life score of married patients with epilepsy 54.12 (11.12) was higher than single patients 54.04 (11.90, p=0.65). In the extent of energy (tiredness), quality of life score decreased significantly with increasing age (p=0.028). In the field of medication effects the quality of life score decreased significantly with increasing level of education (p=0.030). Conclusion. The mean overall quality of life score was intermediate which is expected required policies will be adopted to improve the status quo. It is also necessary to consider the marital status and aging in these patients.