Quality of life in epilepsy and perception of seizures control

The individual affective-cognitive evaluations are important factors that control the way he feels the disease impact in his life. Then, the perception of seizure control is a more important factor to evaluate Quality of Life (QoL) than the illness characteristics, such as the severity, type, sicken...

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Published in:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 2001-09, Vol.59 (3-A), p.537-540
Main Authors: Salgado, P C, Souza, E A
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Epilepsy - prevention & control
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Perception
Quality of Life
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
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Summary:The individual affective-cognitive evaluations are important factors that control the way he feels the disease impact in his life. Then, the perception of seizure control is a more important factor to evaluate Quality of Life (QoL) than the illness characteristics, such as the severity, type, sickening period and seizure frequency. This study searched for the relationship among the subjective variables (perception of seizure control) and the illness characteristics to evaluate QoL. The sample consisted of 60 individuals with chronic epilepsy, aging 18 to 70 (M=37.05; SD=11.25), chosen at randon from the ambulatory of epilepsy - HC/UNICAMP, by the Questionnaire 65. The illness characteristics were not significant, except the seizures frequency, when associated to the impairment in QoL among controlled seizures and seizures with frequency higher than 10 per month (p=0.021). The perception of control was significantly associated to QoL (p=0.005).
ISSN:0004-282X
DOI:10.1590/S0004-282X2001000400010