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Assessment of quality of life in epilepsy patients receiving anti-epileptic drugs in a tertiary care teaching hospital.
- Source :
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Indian Journal of Pharmacology . Sep/Oct2015, Vol. 47 Issue 5, p551-554. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Objectives: Health-related quality of life (QOL) is an important outcome in epilepsy treatment. Very few studies have been carried out on the quality of life in epilepsy (QOLIE-31) in India. The present study aimed to determine the level of health-related QOLIE-31 in patients of epilepsy. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Respondents were adults aged at least 18-year-old with a diagnosis of epilepsy. QOLIE-31 was used for collecting data on health-related QOL. The unpaired t-test or one-way analysis of variance was used to compare means of QOL scores between groups. Results: Totally, 60 patients of epilepsy were included in the study. The mean (standard deviation) total score of QOLIE-31 was 64.61. A score of cognitive and medication effect were significantly better in carbamazepine group as compared to valproate group. Conclusions: Patients on monotherapy had a better QOL as compared to patients receiving polytherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02537613
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Indian Journal of Pharmacology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 109468622
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.165198