Sociodemographic, Clinical Variables, and Quality of Life in Patients with Epilepsy in Mekelle City, Northern Ethiopia

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Subscale of QOLIE-31</td><td class="align_center">Mean (SD)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Seizure worry</td><td class="align_center">82.17 (22.76)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Over all QOL</td><td class="align_center">70.97 (26.43)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Emotional wellbeing</td><td class="align_center">73.83 (22.35)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Energy/fatigue</td><td class="align_center">75.25 (17.88)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cognitive</td><td class="align_center">80.06 (24.24)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Medication effect</td><td class="align_center">86.20 (22.12)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Social function</td><td class="align_center">81.68 (27.03)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total score</td><td class="align_center">77.97 (20.78)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>SD = standard deviation; QOLIE = quality of life in epilepsy. Independent sample <i>t</i>-test was performed to show the significance of sociodemographic parameter, drug therapy, presence or absence of seizure, and adverse drug reaction on mean total QOL score of QOLIE-31.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>QOLIE-31 subscale score among patients with epilepsy in ACSH and Mekelle Hospital.</div>

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Table 2: Sociodemographic, Clinical Variables, and Quality of Life in Patients with Epilepsy in Mekelle City, Northern Ethiopia 