Assessment of Quality of Life of Epileptic Patients in Ethiopia

Table 5

Post-hoc analysis of demographic and clinical characteristics of patients which have significant association with quality of life in one way ANOVA, UoGRH, Northwest Ethiopia.

Characteristics	Reference category	Compared with	Mean difference	Standard error	value	95% confidence interval
Educational status	Illiterate	Primary school	1.92481	.92214	.038	.111	3.738
		Secondary school	2.62784	.99222	.008	.676	4.579
		Diploma and above	3.95201	1.15061	.001	1.689	6.215
Occupation	Unemployed	Merchant or private worker	4.37212	1.31080	.001	1.794	6.950
		Student	3.92361	1.15317	.001	1.655	6.191
		Daily laborer	4.23778	1.63994	.010	1.012	7.463
		Farmer	3.45635	1.29296	.008	.9133	5.999
		Others	5.46825	1.39474	.000	2.725	8.211
Income	<22$^∗	22–66 $	1.98581	.86855	.023	.2776	3.694
		66.1–132$	2.06506	1.02963	.046	.0400	4.090
		132.1–220$	4.28728	1.53612	.006	1.266	7.308
Patient perception of epilepsy status	Controlled	Improving	−3.76600	.74283	.000	−5.227	−2.305
		No change	−7.50620	1.57928	.000	−10.612	−4.400
		Deteriorated	−7.13953	2.74455	.010	−12.537	−1.741
	Improving	Controlled	3.76600	.74283	.000	2.305	5.227
		No change	−3.74020	1.54154	.016	−6.772	−.708
Frequency of seizure during last year	No seizure	1–5 seizure/year	−3.29124	.75071	.000	−4.767	−1.814
		5–10 seizure/year	−7.38140	1.58636	.000	−10.501	−4.261
		>10 seizure/year	−6.66473	1.99225	.001	−10.583	−2.746
Frequency of seizure during last follow up	1–5 seizure	5–10 seizure/follow up	−4.09016	1.55065	.009	−7.139	−1.040
	No seizure	1 or 2 seizure/ follow up	−2.54056	.83566	.003	−4.184	−.897
		3 up to 5 seizure/follow up	−9.50933	1.72116	.000	−12.894	−6.124
		More than 5 seizure/follow up	−9.27600	2.08800	.000	−13.382	−5.169
	1 or 2 seizures	3–5 seizure/follow up	−6.96878	1.82355	.000	−10.555	−3.382
		>5 seizure/follow up	−6.73544	2.17317	.002	−11.009	−2.461

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