Impacto da epilepsia no trabalho: avaliação da qualidade de vida

Salgado, Priscila Camile Barioni; Souza, Elisabete Abib Pedroso de

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“…Similar results were found among a Brazilian population with chronic diseases in which 64.8% of participants mentioned that the disease interfered with work, study, or domestic activity, limiting these activities or making it necessary to quit (35). A study of adults with epilepsy in Brazil observed that the area most harmed by epilepsy was work/gainful employment, and stressed the importance of labor market inclusion for social and economic integration and personal accomplishment (36).…”

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Quality of care, quality of life, and attitudes toward disabilities: perspectives from a qualitative focus group study in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Mattevi

Bredemeier

Fam

et al. 2012

Rev Panam Salud Publica

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Section: Quality Of Lifesupporting

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Quality of care, quality of life, and attitudes toward disabilities: perspectives from a qualitative focus group study in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Mattevi

Bredemeier

Fam

et al. 2012

Rev Panam Salud Publica

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“…QOL is a subjective concept based on the subject's perspective and experiences, and involves physical, psychological, social, and cultural components, all of which contributes to patient's adjustment to his condition and impacts perception in his life [1], [4], [5].…”

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“…In developing countries such as Brazil, epilepsy is a chronic disease that occurs primarily in childhood and adolescence [4].…”

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Quality of Life in Epilepsy: A Study of Brazilian Adolescents

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ObjectiveOur objectives were: to assess the QOL of Brazilian adolescents with epilepsy with a specific QOL assessment tool; to compare the adolescents with epilepsy and healthy adolescents using a generic QOL assessment tool; to correlate the 2 different QOL assessment tools (the generic and the epilepsy-specific); and to correlate QOL scores of the adolescents with epilepsy obtained by both tools with physical, psychological and social variables of the disease.MethodsFifty subjects (case group) attending the outpatient clinic of epilepsy of the Clinics Hospital of UNICAMP, Campinas-SP, answered the Brazilian version of the QOL inventory for adolescents with epilepsy - QOLIE-AD-48 and the QOL Questionnaire - WHOQOL – BREF – Portuguese version. Fifty-one subjects (control group) from public schools in Campinas-SP answered only the WHOQOL-BREF.ResultsThe results showed that adolescents with epilepsy presented a good score of QOL in both tools; overall scores for both groups with WHOQOL-BREF were good, but a statistically significant difference was seen with regards to the Psychological domain of the WHOQOL-BREF favoring the control group. Significant correlations between QOLIE-AD-48 Total and WHOQOL domains were found. Adolescents that were considered seizure-free (P = 0.001), had good perception of seizure control (P = 0.012) and had not had occurrence of seizures in public places (P = 0.001) presented better QOL scores.ConclusionsBrazilian adolescents with epilepsy may present good QOL scores when they themselves consider the disease as under control; physical, social and especially psychological variables associated to the disease may play an important role in these results. As a generic QOL tool, WHOQOL-BREF was sufficient to allow for a comparison between chronic disease bearers and healthy adolescents and showed that the gap in QOL between both populations is not as extensive as once was thought, probably due to better support and adaptation to the disease.

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“…Brazil, meanwhile, is facing a shortage of investigations concerning PWE and their interface with work. Even in international level, there is insufficient information about how many PWE on productive age are unemployed 8,12 .…”

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Epilepsy and occupational accidents in Brazil: a national statistics study

Lunardi

Soliman

Pauli

et al. 2011

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Epilepsy may restrict the patient's daily life. It causes lower quality of life and increased risk for work-related accidents (WRA). The aim of this study is to analyze the implantation of the Epidemiologic and Technical Security System Nexus (ETSSN) and WRA patterns among patients with epilepsy. Data regarding WRA, between 1999 and 2008, on the historical database of WRA Infolog Statistical Yearbook from Brazilian Ministry of Social Security were reviewed. There was a significant increase of reported cases during the ten year period, mainly after the establishment of the ETSSN. The increased granted benefits evidenced the epidemiologic association between epilepsy and WRA. ETSSN possibly raised the registration of occupational accidents and granted benefits. However, the real number of WRA may remain underestimated due to informal economy and house workers' accidents which are usually not included in the official statistics in Brazil. Epilepsy is a chronic disorder that impairs quality of life and inflicts large expenditures over a nation's health care budget 1 . Epilepsy, due to its seizures and chronicity, is a condition which alters individual's life both physical and emotionally. It is a stigmatizing condition and usually restricts the patient's daily activities,

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Impacto da epilepsia no trabalho: avaliação da qualidade de vida

Cited by 50 publications

References 16 publications

Quality of care, quality of life, and attitudes toward disabilities: perspectives from a qualitative focus group study in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Quality of care, quality of life, and attitudes toward disabilities: perspectives from a qualitative focus group study in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Quality of Life in Epilepsy: A Study of Brazilian Adolescents

Epilepsy and occupational accidents in Brazil: a national statistics study

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