Quality of life in adults with epilepsy
- VernacularTitle:成年癫痫患者生活质量的研究
- Author:
Weiwei WANG
;
Jing CHEN
;
Xun WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Epilepsy;
Quality of life;
Adult
- From:
Chinese Journal of Neurology
2001;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the quality of life (QOL) in adults with epilepsy.Methods The QOLIE-31 and the SDS were administered to 33 adults with epilepsy who met the entry criteria, and 17 healthy volunteers who had the similar personal characters. Results Patients' scores of SDS were adversely associated with seven of the eight QOL domains (except for medication effect) independent of other factors. Duration of the disease was the independent risk factor to overall health and medication effect. The GTC group (17 subjects) and the CPS group (16 subjects) were both obviously compared with the control group in medication effect (GTC group 61.0?23.8,CPS group 56.6?19.4,control 100.0?0.0) and seizure worry domains ( P
