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Quality of Life and Stigma in Epilepsy, Perspectives from Selected Regions of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Health-related quality of life and associated factors among epilepsy patients in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence and factors associated with suicidality among adolescents with epilepsy attending national referral hospitals in Uganda.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Health-related quality of life and associated factors among patients living with epilepsy of Mekelle City Hospitals, Northern Ethiopia: a multicenter observational study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Observational
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- Comparative cultural study using the Public Attitudes Toward Epilepsy Scale (PATE scale) in Japan and Malaysia.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
- Factors influencing quality of life in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2025Article
- Examining Psychological Group Interventions for Adult Epilepsy Patients: A Systematic Review.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2025Review
- Epilepsy in Africa: a multifaceted perspective on diagnosis, treatment, and community support.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Socio-cultural representation of epilepsy at the teaching hospital of point G, Mali.eNeurologicalSci · 2023Article
- Analysis of the global burden of disease study highlights the global, regional, and national trends of idiopathic epilepsy epidemiology from 1990 to 2019.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Impact of a bi-annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin programme on the incidence of epilepsy in an onchocerciasis-endemic area of Mahenge, Tanzania: A population-based prospective study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Status of epilepsy in the tropics: An overlooked perspective.Epilepsia open · 2023Review
- Self-care practice and associated factors among epileptic patients: a cross-sectional study, Ethiopia.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- Low-intensity focused ultrasound, a novel approach to epilepsy treatment in developing countries.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
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- Health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy: a concept analysis.Child health nursing research · 2023Article
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- Medicinal plants utilized in the management of epilepsy in Ethiopia: ethnobotany, pharmacology and phytochemistry.Chinese medicine · 2022Review
- A mixed-methods, cross-sectional study of perceived stigma among Ugandans with epilepsy.African health sciences · 2022Article
- People with epilepsy have poor life satisfaction and self-rated health: Findings from the United Kingdom.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Epilepsy is an important and common worldwide public health problem that affects people of all ages. A significant number of individuals with epilepsy will be intractable to medication. These individuals experience an elevated mortality rate and negative psychosocial consequences of recurrent seizures. Surgery of epilepsy is highly effective to stop seizures in well-selected individuals, and seizure freedom is the most desirable result of epilepsy treatment due to the positive improvements in psychosocial function and the elimination of excess mortality associated with intractable epilepsy. Globally, there is inadequate data to fully assess epilepsy-related quality of life and stigma, although the preponderance of information we have points to a significant negative impact on people with epilepsy (PWE) and families of PWE. This review of the psychosocial impact of epilepsy focuses on regions of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa that have been analyzed with population study approaches to determine the prevalence of epilepsy, treatment gaps, as well as factors impacting psychosocial function of PWE and their families. This review additionally identifies models of care for medically intractable epilepsy that have potential to significantly improve psychosocial function.
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