QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY - SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE

Autor: Bujan Kovač, Andreja, Petelin Gadže, Željka, Tudor, Katarina Ivana, Nanković, Sibila, Šulentić, Vlatko, Poljaković, Zdravka, Mrak, Goran, Mudrovčić, Monika, Brezak, Ira, Mijatović, Dragana, Đerke, Filip, Desnica, Andrej, Nemir, Jakob, Čajić, Ivana, Nimac Kozina, Petra, Đapić Ivančić, Biljana, Radić, Borislav, Hajnšek, Sanja
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Acta clinica Croatica. 60(Suppl 3)
ISSN: 1333-9451
Popis: A prospective study was carried out in University Hospital Centre Zagreb to evaluate the relationship between epilepsy, antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and quality of life (QoL) of patients with epilepsy (PE) and its association with the depressive symptoms and sexual dysfunction (SD). Quality of life in epilepsy-31 inventory (QOLIE-31) was used for evaluating QoL, Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale (ASEX) for SD and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM- D17). 108 PE were included (63% women, 37% men ; mean age 39.54±15.91 years). 14.8% of patients had focal, 35.2% generalised and 40.7% both types of epilepsy. 44/108 patients had drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) and in 27/44 vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) was implanted. Mean response on QOLIE-31 was 62.88±17.21 with no significant differences regarding gender, type of epilepsy and age. Statistically significantly lower QoL was found in the domain ‘Overall QoL’ (age group 35-55 years vs.
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