Table 3

Relationships between overall QOLIE-31 score and demographics and clinical characteristics.

CharacteristicMeanF, t (df)P-value
*Gender
 Male64.73.385 (214).700
 Female63.79
*Employment status
 Employed71.103.874(214)< 0.001***
 Unemployed61.20
**Age:
 ≤2064.17
 21-4463.87.221(212).882
 45-5964.96
 ≥6069.02
**Marital status
 Single63.79
 Married65.731.699(212)0.168
 Divorced64.60
 Widow42.60
**Educational level
 Primary school57.43
 Secondary school60.542.98(212)0.032***
 High school65.44
 University67.17
**Number of AED
 Polytherapy58.62
 Monotherapy68.809.289(212)< 0.001***
 Not on medication68.48
**seizure type
 Generalized63.144.389(205)0.014***
 Focal72.11
 Focal to bilateral46.29
Years since diagnosis
 <5 years67.63
 5–10 years63.891.812(212).166
 >10 years62.15

  • ↵* independent t test - t(df),

  • ↵** one-way ANOVA test F(df),

  • ↵*** significant association at p=0.05, df - degree of freedom, QOLIE-31 - quality of life in epilepsy, AED - antiepileptic drugs