Health related quality of life in patients admitted for video-electroencephalography monitoring diagnosed with epilepsy or psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

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Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of 125 adult patients admitted for video/EEG monitoring and diagnosed with epilepsy.

Sociodemographic	Epilepsy (n=64)	PNES (n=54)	P-values^*
Age (years) (mean±SD)	27.5 ± 11.2	29.9 ± 10.3	0.238
Gender (%)			0.017^†
Female	37 (57.8)	42 (77.8)
Male	27 (42.2)	12 (22.2)
Education (%)			0.219
<8 years	21 (32.8)	24 (44.4)
8-11 years	25 (39.1)	14 (25.9)
>11 years	18 (28.1)	16 (29.6)
Vocation (%)			0.559
Housewife	16 (25.0)	17 (31.5)
Employed	14 (21.9)	12 (22.2)
Retired	3 (4.7)	3 (5.6)
Student	24 (37.5)	12 (22.2)
Clerical	1 (1.6)	1 (1.9)
Marital status (%)
Single	37 (57.8)	26 (48.1)
Married	25 (39.1)	28 (51.9)	0.195
Divorced	2 (3.1)	0 (0.0)
Consanguinity	15 (23.4)	15 (27.8)	0.673

Table 2

Clinical findings of patients 125 adult patients admitted for video/EEG monitoring and diagnosed with epilepsy.

Clinical findings	Epilepsy (n=64)	PNES (n=54)	P-values^*
Seizure onset age, mean age (SD)	20.9 (12.4)	26.3 (11.1)	0.015^†
Duration of disease, mean years (SD)	2.9 (1.05)	2.5 (0.9)	0.052^†
Video/EEG period, mean hours (SD)	64.9 (25.4)	58.7 (23.6)
Number of seizures in video/EEG unit, n (%)			0.808
None	33 (51.6)	28 (51.9)
1-3 seizures	17 (26.6)	12 (22.2)
>3 seizures	14 (21.9)	14 (25.9)
Epileptic seizure type, n (%)			0.145
Generalized	24 (37.5)	25 (45.6)
Partial	40 (62.5)	29 (53.8)
Seizure frequency, n (%)			0.125
Very frequent (every day-7 days)	19 (29.7)	25 (46.3)
Frequent (7-30 days)	23 (35.9)	20 (37.0)
Rare (31-days to 1 year)	16 (25.0)	7 (13.0)
Very rare (more than one year)	6 (9.4)	2 (3.7)
Psychiatric comorbidities, n (%)			0.000^†
None	46 (71.9)	17 (31.5)
Depressive disorders	7 (10.9)	6 (11.2)
Anxiety disorders	7 (10.9)	5 (9.3)
Somatoform disorders	4 (6.3)	26 (48.2)
Stressful life events	10 (15.6)	9 (16.7)	0.539

Table 3

Comparison of the quality of life between groups according to the brief version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF.

Variables	Epilepsy (n=64)	PNES (n=54)	P-values*
Physical	13.1± 2.33	12.7 ± 1.89	0.378
Psychological	13.6 ± 2.69)	13.6 ± 2.45	0.974
Social	14.3 ± 3.88)	13.4 ± 3.41	0.187
Environmental	13.7 ± 2.08)	13.3 ± 3.41	0.329