Quality of life of epilepsy patients in Zhuang populations in Guangxi Guixi area.
- Author:
Rui-Ya HUANG
1
;
Ji-Sheng XIE
;
Xue-Bin LI
;
Shi-Ge WEI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Child; China; Epilepsy; epidemiology; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Minority Groups; Quality of Life; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult
- From: Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae 2007;29(1):103-106
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo investigate the quality of life (QOL) and its influence factors in epilepsy patients in Zhuang population in Guangxi Guixi area.
METHODSTotally 78 epilepsy patients in Zhuang populations and 60 healthy controls were enrolled, and their QOL was assessed with Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory-31 (QOLIE-31). The QOLIE-31 scores of patients between different sexes, anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) usage, duration of seizure, and seizure types were compared.
RESULTSQOL score was significantly lower in epileptic group (53.9 +/- 8.0) compared with control group (77.0 +/- 7.1) (P < 0.01). No difference was found in QOLIE-31 scores of patients between men and women (P > 0.05). Patients with single AED, shorter duration of seizure, and tonic-clonic seizure had higher QOLIE-31 scores than those with multiple AEDs, longer duration of seizure, and other seizure types (P < 0.01, P < 0.05, P < 0.01, respectively).
CONCLUSIONSQOL is lower in epilepsy patients than normal people in Zhuang populations in Guangxi Guixi area. Medication and seizure type affects the QOL in patients with epilepsy.
