RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Health related quality of life in a Saudi population of patients with epilepsy
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 234
OP 242
DO 10.17712/nsj.2023.4.20230026
VO 28
IS 4
A1 Alaa Eskandrani
A1 Eman Almusallam
A1 Asmaa Alenizi
A1 Safiyyah Asiri
A1 Fawziah Bamogaddam
A1 Majed Alhameed
A1 Mubarak M. Aldosari
YR 2023
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/28/4/234.abstract
AB 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.