Table 2

Distribution of COPE subscale scores of Turkish epileptic patients according to different variables.

Variables	COPE subscales (mean±SD)
Variables	n (%)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
*Gender*
Male	77 (42.3)	12.4±2.3	11.1±2.0	11.6±2.3	12.3±2.4	11.9±2.5	8.5±3.1	15.3±1.4
Female	105 (57.7)	11.6±2.5	10.8±2.5	11.0±2.4	11.5±2.4	11.7±2.2	9.1±2.7	15.1±1.5
P-value		0.030	0.346	0.076	0.026	0.612	0.230	0.429
*Educational level*
Illiterate or literate	24 (13.2)	12.2±2.8	10.7±1.8	11.5±3.1	12.6±2.5	11.3±2.9	8.2±3.3	15.1±1.4
Primary school	80 (44.0)	11.9±2.5	10.6±2.3	11.2±2.4	11.6±2.5	12.0±2.3	8.6±3.0	15.2±1.6
Highschool & above	78 (42.8)	12.1±2.2	11.4±2.3	11.5±2.2	12.1±2.4	11.8±2.3	9.4±3.0	15.3±1.3
P-value		0.840	0.110	0.669	0.191	0.536	0.511	0.839
*Family structure*
Traditional	24 (13.2)	11.5±2.8	9.8±2.4	10.9±2.6	11.9±2.2	11.8±2.9	7.0±2.3	14.4±2.0
Nuclear	150 (82.4)	12.1±2.4	11.2±2.2	11.4±2.4	12.0±2.5	11.8±2.3	9.1±2.9	15.4±1.3
Separated	8 (4.4)	12.8±2.3	10.1±1.3	11.3±2.5	12.3±2.4	12.8±2.7	7.5±2.4	15.0±2.0
P-value		0.376	0.013	0.654	0.934	0.530	0.001	0.005
*Profession*
Worker	23 (12.6)	11.0±2.1	11.2±3.0	10.4±2.6	10.7±2.8	11.1±2.4	9.2±2.4	14.6±2.1
Freelance	20 (11.0)	12.1±2.0	10.8±2.3	11.6±2.5	12.4±2.2	12.2±2.3	7.8±3.2	15.6±0.9
Housewife	71 (39.0)	12.2±2.4	11.1±2.0	11.5±2.4	12.2±2.2	12.1±2.4	9.0±3.1	15.4±1.3
Other	68 (37.4)	12.2±2.6	10.7±2.2	11.5±2.2	12.0±2.2	11.7±2.4	8.7±2.7	15.2±1.4
P-value		0.201	0.733	0.258	0.068	0.323	0.364	0.071
*Smoking*
Yes	118 (64.8)	12.2±2.6	10.8±2.2	11.4±2.5	12.1±2.5	11.9±2.5	8.2±3.0	15.2±1.5
No	64 (35.2)	11.9±2.1	11.2±2.4	11.3±2.3	11.8	11.6±2.2	9.8±2.5	15.4±1.3
P-value		0.275	0.289	0.720	±2.4	0.454	<0.001	0.419
					0.384
*Seizure type*
Partial	33 (20.9)	13.8±2.0	10.5±2.0	12.6±1.7	12.3±2.6	13.4±2.4	6.4±2.5	15.7±0.9
Generalized	119 (75.3)	11.6±2.4	11.2±2.4	11.1±2.4	12.0±2.4	11.4±2.3	9.7±2.6	15.3±1.3
Other	6 (3.8)	12.3±2.2	11.7±2.0	11.0±2.8	12.3±2.6	11.5±3.2	7.7±3.0	14.7±1.5
P-value		<0.001	0.261	0.004	0.812	<0.001	<0.001	0.092
*Seizure frequency (in the last month)*
No seizures	76 (41.8)	11.8±2.3	11.4±2.2	11.7±2.2	12.2±2.2	11.6±2.4	9.4±2.7	15.4±1.2
1 seizure	73 (40.1)	12.6±2.3	10.8±2.3	11.4±2.3	12.2±2.6	12.2±2.4	8.3±3.2	15.4±1.2
2 and more	33 (18.1)	11.4±2.8	10.2±2.1	10.5±2.9	11.0±2.6	11.4±2.4	8.2±2.6	14.4±2.1
P-value		0.041	0.042	0.064	0.050	0.158	0.030	0.002
*The interference of the disease on the illness*
Yes	48 (26.4)	11.5±2.4	10.5±2.3	10.5±2.7	12.1±2.5	11.7±2.4	8.9±2.9	15.0±1.6
No	134 (73.6)	12.2±2.4	11.1±2.2	11.7±2.2	11.9±2.5	11.8±2.4	8.7±2.9	15.3±1.4
P-value		0.089	0.086	0.005	0.798	0.689	0.612	0.263

Variables	COPE subscales (mean±SD)
Variables	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
*Gender*
Male	7.2±3.4	9.0±2.6	10.3±2.4	11.8±2.4	4.9±2.0	11.0±2.4	11.1±2.1	11.3±2.5
Female	7.3±3.1	9.6±2.5	10.5±2.2	11.4±2.3	5.3±2.0	10.8±2.2	10.8±2.3	11.0±2.3
P-value	0.718	0.123	0.490	0.353	0.169	0.715	0.373	0.432
*Educational level*
Illiterate or literate	7.2±3.1	10.2±2.2	10.9±2.0	11.7±2.7	4.7±1.5	10.8±2.5	10.7±2.1	11.6±2.7
Primary school	7.7±3.7	9.5±2.6	10.8±2.4	11.6±2.5	5.1±2.3	11.0±2.5	11.1±2.3	11.3±2.5
Highschool & above	6.8±2.9	8.8±2.6	9.8±2.3	11.7±2.1	5.1±1.9	10.9±2.0	10.9±2.0	11.0±2.2
P-value	0.215	0.040	0.020	0.916	0.670	0.967	0.702	0.594
*Family structure*
Traditional	5.8±2.4	9.0±2.4	10.4±2.7	11.3±2.8	5.8±2.7	10.6±2.6	10.4±1.9	11.5±2.4
Nuclear	7.5±3.4	9.3±2.7	10.4±2.3	11.7±2.3	4.9±1.9	11.0±2.3	11.0±2.2	11.1±2.4
Separated	6.8±3.3	9.9±1.8	10.6±1.6	11.6±2.0	5.1±2.1	10.6±1.6	11.9±2.2	12.1±2.7
P-value	0.054	0.709	0.962	0.750	0.161	0.723	0.250	0.414
*Profession*
Worker	7.1±2.8	10.0±2.3	9.8±2.2	10.8±2.4	6.3±2.2	9.9±2.1	9.8±2.7	10.4±2.4
Freelance	6.9±3.0	10.1±2.1	11.4±1.9	12.0±2.1	5.0±2.0	11.2±2.3	12.2±1.9	11.4±2.4
Housewife	8.1±3.8	9.3±2.7	10.7±2.1	11.9±2.2	5.1±2.4	11.1±2.4	11.2±2.0	11.6±2.3
Other	6.4±2.7	8.8±2.7	10.0±2.6	11.5±2.5	4.6±1.3	11.0±2.3	10.7±2.1	10.9±2.5
P-value	0.023	0.121	0.032	0.222	0.011	0.134	0.001	0.127
*Smoking*
Yes	6.8±3.3	8.9±2.7	10.4±2.4	11.7±2.4	4.8±1.8	10.7±2.4	11.0±2.1	11.2±2.4
No	8.0±3.2	10.0±3.4	10.4±2.2	11.4±2.4	5.4±2.3	11.2±2.2	11.0±2.3	11.2±2.4
P-value	0.029	0.009	0.806	0.378	0.071	0.306	0.708	0.348
*Seizure type*
Partial	5.1±1.7	9.4±2.5	11.4±2.1	12.6±1.9	4.4±1.8	12.1±2.0	11.6±2.2	12.7±2.4
Generalized	7.8±3.4	9.3±2.5	10.3±2.3	11.5±2.3	5.0±1.7	10.6±2.3	11.0±2.0	10.9±2.2
Other	8.0±3.2	8.7±2.2	10.5±2.7	11.7±2.2	4.8±1.7	11.5±2.2	11.2±2.5	12.2±1.6
P-value	<0.001	0.795	0.062	0.040	0.263	0.005	0.349	<0.001
*Seizure frequency (in the last month)*
No seizures	7.7±3.3	9.3±2.4	10.4±2.3	11.7±2.2	4.7±2.0	11.0±2.3	11.0±2.1	11.2±2.2
1 seizure	6.9±3.2	9.3±2.8	10.5±2.4	12.0±2.4	5.2±2.1	11.1±2.3	11.2±2.0	11.4±2.6
2 and more	6.8±3.4	9.2±2.7	10.3±2.5	10.8±2.6	5.5±2.1	10.3±2.4	10.4±2.5	10.8±2.4
P-value	0.236	0.994	0.923	0.044	0.163	0.263	0.217	0.516
*The interference of the disease on the illness*
Yes	7.7±3.5	9.3±2.6	10.6±2.4	11.7±2.6	5.3±2.1	10.4±2.8	10.7±2.4	10.8±2.5
No	7.1±3.2	9.3±2.6	10.4±2.3	11.6±2.3	5.0±2.0	11.1±2.0	11.1±2.1	11.3±2.4
P-value	0.282	0.834	0.620	0.906	0.351	0.093	0.366	0.243