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Ashwin M, Rakesh P, Pricilla RA, et al. Determinants of quality of life among people with epilepsy attending a secondary care rural hospital in south India. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2013;4:S62-6doi: 10.4103/0976-3147.116467.
Ashwin, M., Rakesh, P., Pricilla, R. A., Manjunath, K., Jacob, K., & Prasad, J. (2013). Determinants of quality of life among people with epilepsy attending a secondary care rural hospital in south India. Journal of neurosciences in rural practice, 4S62-6. https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.116467
Ashwin, M, et al. "Determinants of quality of life among people with epilepsy attending a secondary care rural hospital in south India." Journal of neurosciences in rural practice vol. 4 (2013): S62-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.116467
Ashwin M, Rakesh P, Pricilla RA, Manjunath K, Jacob K, Prasad J. Determinants of quality of life among people with epilepsy attending a secondary care rural hospital in south India. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2013 Aug;4:S62-6. doi: 10.4103/0976-3147.116467. PMID: 24174803; PMCID: PMC3808065.
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J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2013 Aug;4:S62-6. doi: 10.4103/0976-3147.116467.

Determinants of quality of life among people with epilepsy attending a secondary care rural hospital in south India.

Journal of neurosciences in rural practice

M Ashwin, Ps Rakesh, Ruby A Pricilla, K Manjunath, Ks Jacob, Jasmin Prasad

Affiliations

  1. Department of Community Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

PMID: 24174803 PMCID: PMC3808065 DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.116467

Abstract

CONTEXT: Epilepsy is associated with profound physical, psychological, and social consequences.

AIMS: To assess the quality of life (QOL) among people with epilepsy attending the outpatient department of a secondary care hospital and to determine the various social and demographic factors affecting it.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The QOL of 100 people with epilepsy attending the outpatient department of a community-based secondary care hospital was assessed using the WHOQOL-BREF (WHOQOL: World Health Organization QOL) questionnaire. Univariate analysis and logistic regression was done to determine the factors associated with poor QOL.

RESULTS: The QOL scores for all the domains ranged between 15.7 and 74.55 with a mean score of 51.49 [standard deviation (SD) 12.3]. The mean scores in the physical, psychological, social, and environmental domains were 55.7, 37.92, 57.75, and 50.56, respectively. Age more than 30 years [odds ratio (OR): 4.33, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.73-10.82], female gender (OR: 2.90, 95% CI: 1.16-7.28), and currently married (OR: 3.82, 95% CI: 1.21-12.11) were the factors significantly associated with lower QOL scores.

CONCLUSIONS: The QOL among people with epilepsy was lower in the psychological domain. Age more than 30 years, female gender, and being married were identified as the factors associated with poor QOL scores among people with seizure disorders.

Keywords: Quality of life; epilepsy; world health organization quality of life-BREF

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