Health related quality of life in a Saudi population of patients with epilepsy.

IF 1.2 4区医学 Q4 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Neurosciences Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI:10.17712/nsj.2023.4.20230026

Alaa Eskandrani, Eman Almusallam, Asmaa Alenizi, Safiyyah Asiri, Fawziah Bamogaddam, Majed Alhameed, Mubarak M Aldosari

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Abstract

Objectives: To assess the quality of life for epilepsy patients in Saudi Arabia. Epilepsy, one of the most prevalent chronic neurological conditions in the world, frequently results in a low quality of life.

Methods: This cross-sectional study analyzed data between September 2020 and September 2021 from 102 adult patients with epilepsy in outpatient clinics department of Epilepsy Program at King Fahad Medical City compared it to 108 healthy controls during the same study period. Sociodemographics and clinical data were gathered using the Arabic version of the Rand 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36) questionnaire and the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-31).

Results: Patients with epilepsy had lower SF-36 scores when compared to the control for role limitation due to physical health, role limitations due to emotional health, and general health. The QOLIE-31 revealed that gender was associated with energy/fatigue (p=0.028), medication effect (p=0.016), and social function (p=0.003); only social functioning showed a significant association (p=0.023) with employment.

Conclusion: Quality of life for patients with epilepsy was found to be significantly impacted in Saudi Arabia. Certain factors found in this study differentiate it from data that has already been released. This might be due to Arab differences in family support as well as cultural and religious beliefs.

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沙特癫痫患者的健康相关生活质量。

目的：评估沙特阿拉伯癫痫患者的生活质量。癫痫是世界上最常见的慢性神经系统疾病之一，经常导致生活质量低下。方法：这项横断面研究分析了2020年9月至2021年9月期间法赫德国王医疗城癫痫项目门诊部102名成年癫痫患者的数据，并将其与同一研究期间的108名健康对照进行了比较。使用阿拉伯版兰德36项简式调查（SF-36）问卷和癫痫患者生活质量问卷（QOLIE-31）收集社会人口学和临床数据。QOLIE-31显示，性别与能量/疲劳（p=0.028）、药物效果（p=0.016）和社会功能（p=0.003）有关；只有社会功能与就业有显著关联（p=0.023）。结论：沙特阿拉伯发现癫痫患者的生活质量受到显著影响。这项研究中发现的某些因素将其与已经发布的数据区分开来。这可能是由于阿拉伯人在家庭支持以及文化和宗教信仰方面的差异。

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Neurosciences 医学-临床神经学

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1.40

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4.5 months

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