ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2020
Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Patients with Epilepsy Attending Outpatient Department of Saint Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019.
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- 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
- Health-related quality of life and its predictors among epilepsy patients in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Quality of life and associated factors among people with epilepsy in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- The life quality of people living with chronic disease in Africa: a systematic narrative synthesis.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Pooled it
- Co-morbid mental health conditions in people with epilepsy and association with quality of life in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2023Pooled it
- Non-adherence to epileptic medications among adult patients in south west Shewa zone hospitals of central Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Depression and associated factors among people with epilepsy at Wolaita Sodo University Hospital, South Ethiopia.Discover mental health · 2025Article
- Prevalence of depressive symptom and its associated factors among epilepsy patients in Amhara region, Ethiopia: cross-sectional study.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Determinants of epilepsy among outpatients in public health institutions of Dawo district, South West Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2023: an institutional-based unmatched case-control study.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Level of Acceptance of Illness and Its Association with Quality of Life among Patients with Epilepsy in North Shewa, Ethiopia.Behavioural neurology · 2022Article
- Quality of life and associated factors among patients with epilepsy at specialized hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia; 2019.PloS one · 2022Article
- Quality of Life and Community Wellbeing of Members Associated With Village Savings and Loans Associations as a Model of Sharing Economy in the Least Developing Countries: A Case of Mzuzu City in Northern Malawi, Southern Africa.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundEpilepsy is strongly associated with an impaired quality of life. Patients suffering from epilepsy have a poorer quality of life than both the general population and many other chronic disease sufferers. However, attention is not given on the quality of life of people with epilepsy other than focusing on symptom reduction. This increases the frequency of seizures, impacts on the ability to perform and increases health-related costs. The aim of this study was to assess quality of life and associated factors among patients with epilepsy attending the outpatient department of Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
methodsAn institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted between May and June 2019 at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital. A systematic random sampling technique was used to get a total number of 447 samples. Data on quality of life was assessed through interviews using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief (WHOQOL-BREF) Version. The collected data were coded, entered into EpiData 3.1, and analyzed by using SPSS version 20. Simple and multiple linear regression analysis models were fitted and the unstandardized β coefficient at 95% confidence interval was employed. The statistical significance was accepted at
resultsThe mean score of quality of life was 61.1±11.6 (95%CI: 59.05, 61.23). Perceived stigma (β=-2.13, 95%CI:-2.96, -1.30), frequent seizure (β=-3.16, 95%CI: -4.27, -2.04), AED adherence (β=1.24, 95%CI: 1.10, 1.30), antiepileptic drug side effect (β=-0.32, 95%CI: -0.38, -0.26), anxiety (β-1.91, 95%CI: -2.95, -0.86), depression (β=-3.59, 95%CI: -4.67, -2.52), poor social support (β=-2.51, 95%CI: -3.62, -1.40) and moderate social support (β=-1.60, 95%CI: -2.58, -0.62) were significantly associated factors with quality of life.
conclusionThe finding from this study indicated that quality of life of patients with epilepsy were moderate. Perceived stigma, frequent seizure, comorbid depression and anxiety, antiepileptic drug nonadherence, antiepileptic drug side effect and poor social support were the predictors of quality of life.
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