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Quality of life of patients with epilepsy in M alaysia
Author(s) -
Mohamed Salina,
Gill Jesjeet Singh,
Tan Chong Tin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asia‐pacific psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1758-5872
pISSN - 1758-5864
DOI - 10.1111/j.1758-5872.2012.00192.x
Subject(s) - epilepsy , depression (economics) , quality of life (healthcare) , hospital anxiety and depression scale , anxiety , medicine , neurology , bayesian multivariate linear regression , psychiatry , outpatient clinic , psychology , regression analysis , nursing , machine learning , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
To determine the quality of life of patients with epilepsy and its relationship with depression, and the clinical and sociodemographic variables. Methods This was a cross‐sectional study in which a total of 120 epilepsy patients were recruited from a neurology outpatient clinic. Sociodemographic and clinical variables were recorded. H ospital A nxiety and D epression S cale ( HADS ) and M ini I nternational N europsychiatric I nterview ( M.I.N.I. ) were used to screen and diagnose for depression, respectively. Q uality of L ife I nventory of E pilepsy ( QOLIE ‐31) was used to assess quality of life. Results Patients with epilepsy with major depression had poorer quality life (36.4 ± 1.8) compared to those without depression (41.7 ± 3.8, P < 0.001). Depression, having one seizure or more per month and having seizures within one month of interview were correlated with poorer quality of life, P < 0.001. Multivariate linear regression analyses showed that depression and recent seizures predicted having poorer quality of life in patients with epilepsy. Discussion Depression and poor seizure control were predictors for poor quality of life in patients with epilepsy. Therefore, epilepsy patients should be regularly screened for depression and treatment for epilepsy must be optimized to minimize the negative impact of having epilepsy for these patients.