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Volume 20, Issue 7 (Suppl)
J Psychiatry
ISSN: 2378-5756 JOP, an open access journal
Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017
November 20-21, 2017
November 20-21, 2017 Melbourne, Australia
28
th
International Conference on
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Health related quality of life and associated factors among adult epileptic patients taking anti-epileptic
drugs at Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Chronic Illness Clinic, Jimma, South West Ethiopia:
A cross-sectional study
Daniel Shiferaw, Professor Tefera Belachehu and Endalew Hailu
Jimma University, Ethiopia
Introduction & Aim:
Epilepsy is neurological disorder which affects patient’s quality of life and their close social networks.
Thus, this study assessed health related quality of life and associated factors among adult epileptic patients taking anti-epileptic
drugs at Jimma University Specialized Hospital from March 1-1 May 2015.
Methods:
Institution based cross-sectional study was used. A total of 314 epilepsy patients already receiving antiepileptic
drugs for at least 3 months were randomly selected and interviewed. Quality of life in epilepsy inventory-31instrument was
used to measure health related quality of life. T-test, one-way Anova and Pearson correlation were used to compare means
and association between dependent and outcome variables. Multiple Linear regression analysis was performed to assess the
association between health-related quality of life and explanatory variables. P value <0.05 was considered statistically significant
in this study.
Result:
From the total study, 304 (96.8%) participants were interviewed. The mean overall health related quality of life score
was 58.8. Overall health related quality of life was significantly associated with sex (P=0.042, CI=0.082-4.55), frequency of anti-
epileptic drugs taken per day (P=0.016, CI=0.51-4.95), sleep pattern [(P=0.037, CI=0.17-5.46)], anxiety [(P=0.021, CI=-5.46-(-
0.44)] and depression [(P=0.001, CI=-7.35-(-1.94)].
Conclusion & Recommendation:
The health-related qualities of life mean score of peoples living with epilepsy and receiving
anti-epileptic drug is very low. In addition to controlling seizure, interventions to address the physical, mental, psychological,
social and emotional aspects for health wellbeing is likely to achieve better health outcomes for epileptic patients.
danshif.78@gmail.comJ Psychiatry 2017, 20:7 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2378-5756-C1-030