ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020
Quality of life in paediatrics with intractable epilepsy in a large paediatric university hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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- Association of Seizure Control with Mortality, Cognition, and Function in People With Dementia.Annals of neurology · 2025Article
- Epilepsy in children: quality of life and disease control.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Childhood Idiopathic Epilepsy in Saudi Arabia From 1990-2019: Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Data, 2019.Cureus · 2024Article
- Impact of Vitamin D and IL-1β on Quality of Life in Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepsy.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
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- Efficacy and Safety of Perampanel in Children with Drug-Resistant Focal-Onset Seizures: A Retrospective Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Quality of life among caregivers of epileptic children with degree of controlling seizures in Aseer region.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
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Abstract
contextEpilepsy is said to be intractable when two or more trials of anticonvulsants fail to control the seizures. Literature suggests that intractable epilepsy carries a higher morbidity than controlled epilepsy in children and their caregivers.
aimsThe aim of this study is to assess the quality of life (QOL) in children with intractable epilepsy (IE) in KASCH, a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. SETTINGS AND
designThis is a cross-sectional study utilizing a self-administered questionnaire filled by caregivers of epileptic patients visiting the outpatient neurology clinics. METHODS AND MATERIALS: The quality of life in childhood epilepsy (QOLCE-55) scale examined four domains of life: cognitive, emotional, social, and physical. The sample consisted of 59 parents whose children aged 4-14 of either sex. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: The collected data were analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.
resultsThe mean age of children was 8.9 (SD = 2.9). The mean QOL was 52.8 (SD = 12.9), which reflected a poor QOL. Age was not related to the QOL. Gender was significantly associated with the total and social scores, (
conclusionsIntractable epilepsy impacted all functioning domains of life rendering a poor QOL. Males have reported better QOL and social functioning compared to females. Children with GDD and encephalopathy showed lower well-being.
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