Background: Quality of life (QOL) is a multifaceted concept that encompasses subjective assessments of both positive and negative aspects of life. In India, very few studies on QOLIE 31 have been conducted, and study in this field will discover characteristics that affect QOL. In order to establish the level of health-related QOL of epilepsy patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital, a study was done. To assess patterns of anti-epileptic drug (AED) use and their influence on people with epilepsy's Quality of Life (QOL). The Department of Pharmacology, in collaboration with the Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar, undertook a hospital-based cross-sectional study. A total of 134 patients over the age of 18 were studied over one and a half years, from January 2015 to July 2016. The data on health-related QOL was collected using the QOLIE 31 questionnaire. The overall mean QOLIE-31 score was 53, which corresponded to a t-score of 44. The cognitive subscale (73.6) had the highest mean score among the QOLIE-31 subscales, followed by pharmaceutical effects (55.5) and social functions (52). Conclusions: Our research shows that various factors influence people with epilepsy's quality of life. The sort of pharmacological therapy used plays a significant effect in this. Clinical counselling and other interventions addressing the physical, mental, psychological, social, and emotional elements of health wellbeing are likely to improve epilepsy patients' health outcomes.
Author(s) Details
Junaid A. Ahangar
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Samina Farhat
Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Rabbanie T. Wani
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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