Health-related quality of life of patients with epilepsy in Turkey

Abstract The aim of this study was to measure the health related quality of life (HRQOL) of epilepsy patients and to compare it with that of a healthy control group. The evaluation included the effects of the type of seizure, duration of seizure and medical treatment on the quality of life of the pa...

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Published in:Journal of clinical neuroscience 2009-12, Vol.16 (12), p.1582-1587
Main Authors: Giray, Semih, Ozenli, Yarkin, Ozisik, Handan, Karaca, Sibel, Aslaner, Umit
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use
Epilepsy - drug therapy
Epilepsy - physiopathology
Epilepsy - psychology
Female
Generalized epileptic seizure
Health Status
Health-related quality of life
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neurology
Partial epileptic seizure
Quality of Life
Regression Analysis
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey
Turkey - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract The aim of this study was to measure the health related quality of life (HRQOL) of epilepsy patients and to compare it with that of a healthy control group. The evaluation included the effects of the type of seizure, duration of seizure and medical treatment on the quality of life of the patients. The group studied consisted of 221 participants (121 epilepsy patients and 100 healthy control individuals) who completed a sociodemographic data form and who were administered the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-100) scale. The epilepsy patients had statistically lower physical health, psychological well-being, level of independence and global HRQOL than participants in the control group ( p < 0.05). The analysis of variance showed that the partial epilepsy subgroup had significantly lower averages for all the quality-of-life subfields except for the social relationship dimension. On regression analysis, being married, having a generalized type of seizure and being treated with fewer medications were all related to higher scores on the HRQOL. Epilepsy is a disease that has neurological, psychiatric and psychosocial dimensions that should be evaluated using a multidisciplinary approach.
ISSN:0967-5868
1532-2653
DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2009.03.028