Factors affecting the quality of life in drug-resistant epilepsy patients

Epilepsy patients whose seizures cannot be controlled by treatment have a lower quality of life (QoL). The aim of the present study was to compare the potential factors affecting the QoL in patients who were seizure-free with medication or who had drug-resistant epilepsy. The study included 46 drug-...

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Published in:Acta neurologica Belgica 2016-12, Vol.116 (4), p.513-518
Main Authors: Akdemir, Vedat, Sut, Necdet, Guldiken, Baburhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - etiology
Drug Resistant Epilepsy - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Medicine/Public Health
Neurology
Neuroradiology
Neurosciences
Original Article
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Quality of Life
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Summary:Epilepsy patients whose seizures cannot be controlled by treatment have a lower quality of life (QoL). The aim of the present study was to compare the potential factors affecting the QoL in patients who were seizure-free with medication or who had drug-resistant epilepsy. The study included 46 drug-resistant and 42 seizure-free epilepsy patients. The demographic and clinical features of the patients were investigated for their effects on patient QoL. The QoL was assessed by the QoL in Epilepsy Inventory-89 and depression was detected by the Beck Depression Inventory. The QoL was significantly lower in the drug-resistant patients than in the seizure-free epilepsy patients ( p  
ISSN:0300-9009
2240-2993
DOI:10.1007/s13760-016-0622-5