Research Article
Assessment of Quality of Life of Epileptic Patients in Ethiopia
Table 3
Response of patients for quality of life assessment questions, UoGRH, Northwest Ethiopia; 2017.
| QOLIE-10 questions | All the time (%) | Most of the time (%) | Sometimes (%) | Rarely (%) | Never (%) |
| Did you have enough energy for the last month? | 151 (42.6) | 101 (28.5) | 47 (13.3) | 25 (7) | 30 (11.9) | Have you felt down-hearted and blue? | 28 (7.9) | 64 (18) | 88 (24.9) | 54 (15.3) | 120 (33.9) |
| | Not at all (%) | A little (%) | Somewhat (%) | A lot (%) | A great deal (%) | Has your epilepsy/AED caused your daily life to be terrible? | 191 (54) | 61 (17.2) | 50 (14.1) | 37 (10.5) | 15 (4.2) | How much are you bothered by memory difficulty | 193 (54.5) | 44 (12.4) | 60 (17) | 40 (11.3) | 17 (4.8) | How much are you bothered by work limitation? | 189 (53.4) | 49 (13.8) | 61 (17.2) | 43 (12.2) | 12 (3.4) | How much are you bothered by social limitation? | 214 (60.5) | 41 (11.6) | 39 (11) | 30 (8.5) | 28 (7.9) | How much are you bothered by physical effect of AED? | 280 (79.1) | 18 (5.1) | 22 (6.2) | 14 (3.9) | 20 (5.6) | How much are you bothered by mental effect of AED? | 236 (66.6) | 40 (11.3) | 34 (9.6) | 24 (6.8) | 20 (5.7) | How fearful are you of having seizure during the next month? | 185 (52.2) | 77 (21.7) | 31 (8.7) | 39 (11) | 21 (5.9) |
| | Very well (%) | Pretty good (%) | Good = bad (%) | Pretty bad (%) | Very bad (%) | How has the quality of your life been during the past 4 weeks? That is, how have things been going for you? | 58 (16.4) | 170 (48.0) | 108 (30.5) | 16 (4.5) | 2 (0.6) |
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