Psychological features and quality of life in 50 adult patients with epilepsy and their caregivers from the Lecco epilepsy center, Italy

Petruzzi, Alessandra; Rigamonti, Andrea; Finocchiaro, Claudia Yvonne; Borelli, Paolo; Lamperti, E.; Silvani, Antonio; Regazzoni, Rossana; Stanzani, Lorenzo; Salmaggi, Andrea

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.03.024

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“…Research suggests that carer quality of life (QoL) is worse for carers for people with seizures than for carers providing support to people with other chronic neurological conditions. 8,9 Understanding the needs of carers of people with seizures is complicated by the heterogeneous nature of seizure disorders. There are potentially important differences in the functioning of families living with epilepsy (an enduring predisposition to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain) 10 or those with Psychogenic Nonepileptic seizures (PNES, episodic disturbances of normal functioning and reduced self-control thought to represent a stimulus response shaped by a range of psychological mechanisms).…”

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“…severity) may affect carer wellbeing, 7 though the evidence is conflicting. 8,14,15 However, its contribution appears less important than psychological and social factors 16 such as practical support, 12,14,17 coping strategies, 9 level of carer education 18 or employment. 19 There is conflicting evidence of the effects of patient QoL and mental health on carers.…”

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The influence of attachment style and relationship quality on quality of life and psychological distress in carers of people with epileptic and nonepileptic seizures

Wardrope

Green

Norman

et al. 2019

Epilepsy & Behavior

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The influence of attachment style and relationship quality on quality of life and psychological distress in carers of people with epileptic and nonepileptic seizures

Wardrope

Green

Norman

et al. 2019

Epilepsy & Behavior

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“…In the Kenyan study the participants use of poly AED therapy was large (54%) compared with this study (30%). Different literature has shown [31][32][33] polytherapy receiving patients had lower mean quality of life. More than half (69%) of study participants in Poland had medical comorbidity compared with 12.5% in this study.…”

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Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Patients with Epilepsy Attending Outpatient Department of Saint Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019

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Fanta

Habtamu

et al. 2020

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Background Epilepsy is strongly associated with an impaired quality of life. Patients suffering from epilepsy have a poorer quality of life than both the general population and many other chronic disease sufferers. However, attention is not given on the quality of life of people with epilepsy other than focusing on symptom reduction. This increases the frequency of seizures, impacts on the ability to perform and increases health-related costs. The aim of this study was to assess quality of life and associated factors among patients with epilepsy attending the outpatient department of Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods An institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted between May and June 2019 at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital. A systematic random sampling technique was used to get a total number of 447 samples. Data on quality of life was assessed through interviews using the World Health Organization Quality of Life—Brief (WHOQOL-BREF) Version. The collected data were coded, entered into EpiData 3.1, and analyzed by using SPSS version 20. Simple and multiple linear regression analysis models were fitted and the unstandardized β coefficient at 95% confidence interval was employed. The statistical significance was accepted at p -value <0.05. Results The mean score of quality of life was 61.1±11.6 (95%CI: 59.05, 61.23). Perceived stigma (β=−2.13, 95%CI:–2.96, −1.30), frequent seizure (β=−3.16, 95%CI: -4.27, −2.04), AED adherence (β=1.24, 95%CI: 1.10, 1.30), antiepileptic drug side effect (β=−0.32, 95%CI: -0.38, −0.26), anxiety (β-1.91, 95%CI: –2.95, −0.86), depression (β=−3.59, 95%CI: –4.67, −2.52), poor social support (β=−2.51, 95%CI: –3.62, −1.40) and moderate social support (β=−1.60, 95%CI: –2.58, −0.62) were significantly associated factors with quality of life. Conclusion The finding from this study indicated that quality of life of patients with epilepsy were moderate. Perceived stigma, frequent seizure, comorbid depression and anxiety, antiepileptic drug nonadherence, antiepileptic drug side effect and poor social support were the predictors of quality of life.

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“…2,3 The incidence of epilepsy is around 50 per 100,000 per year and do affect between 5 and 10 people per 1000 in developed country. 4,5 Asia has 17.0% higher burden than Africa from neuropsychiatric conditions (including epilepsy). In comparison to Africa, Asia has more untreated patients, 55.0% more additional epilepsy cases every year, because of its larger population.…”

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Correlation between Seizure Characteristics and Quality of Life in Epilepsy Patients

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Background: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorder and characterized by recurrent seizures caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Epilepsy is both a medical diagnosis and a social label that can negatively impact quality of life (QoL).Aims and Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between characteristics of seizure and QoL among epilepsy patients.Materials and Methods: This is a case series study conducted at Bethesda Hospital, Yogyakarta. Subjects answer 8 questions in the SF-8 questionnaire by choosing one from several alternative answers. Sub-scale assessed in this questionnaire including general health perception (GH), physical functioning (PF), physical role functioning (RP), bodily pain (BP), vitality (VT), social role function (SF), mental health (MH), and emotional role functioning (RE). Each answer will be score and processed in a program from Optum™. The final results will be summarized into physical component (PCS) and mental component (MCS).Results: Total of the subjects were 27. Subjects were dominated by male, age< 60 years. The highest score is on the bodily pain subscale (mean: 50.00 ± 8.0739), wherease the lowest score is on global health perception (mean: 43.95 ± 7.1970). Overall, subjects in this study have a better mental status than physical status (47.14 ± 10.2093 vs 46.90 ± 7.9418). Type of seizure (PCS p: 0.794; MCS p:0.093), duration of epilepsy(PCS p: 0.832; MCS p: 0.856), history of epileptic status (PCS p: 0.141; MCS p: 0.951), the presence of neurological deficit (PCS p: 0.140; MCS p: 0.283), frequency of seizure before treatment (PCS p: 0.648; MCS p: 0.213), frequency of seizure after treatment (PCS p: 0.249; MCS p: 0.407), and frequency of seizure within the last 1 year were not significant to influence the QoL (PCS p:0.978; MCS p: 0.513).Conclusion: There is no significant characteristics of seizure that influence the QoL.Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.9(6) 2018 1-6

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Psychological features and quality of life in 50 adult patients with epilepsy and their caregivers from the Lecco epilepsy center, Italy

Cited by 12 publications

References 36 publications

The influence of attachment style and relationship quality on quality of life and psychological distress in carers of people with epileptic and nonepileptic seizures

The influence of attachment style and relationship quality on quality of life and psychological distress in carers of people with epileptic and nonepileptic seizures

Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Patients with Epilepsy Attending Outpatient Department of Saint Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019

Correlation between Seizure Characteristics and Quality of Life in Epilepsy Patients

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