From Epilepsy Department, National Neuroscience Institution, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Neurosciences (Riyadh). 2023 Oct;28(4):234-242. doi: 10.17712/nsj.2023.4.20230026.
To assess the quality of life for epilepsy patients in Saudi Arabia. Epilepsy, one of the most prevalent chronic neurological conditions in the world, frequently results in a low quality of life.
This cross-sectional study analyzed data between September 2020 and September 2021 from 102 adult patients with epilepsy in outpatient clinics department of Epilepsy Program at King Fahad Medical City compared it to 108 healthy controls during the same study period. Sociodemographics and clinical data were gathered using the Arabic version of the Rand 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36) questionnaire and the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-31).
Patients with epilepsy had lower SF-36 scores when compared to the control for role limitation due to physical health, role limitations due to emotional health, and general health. The QOLIE-31 revealed that gender was associated with energy/fatigue (=0.028), medication effect (=0.016), and social function (=0.003); only social functioning showed a significant association (=0.023) with employment.
Quality of life for patients with epilepsy was found to be significantly impacted in Saudi Arabia. Certain factors found in this study differentiate it from data that has already been released. This might be due to Arab differences in family support as well as cultural and religious beliefs.
评估沙特阿拉伯癫痫患者的生活质量。癫痫是世界上最常见的慢性神经系统疾病之一，常导致生活质量下降。
本横断面研究分析了 2020 年 9 月至 2021 年 9 月在 King Fahad 医疗城癫痫项目门诊诊所的 102 例成年癫痫患者与同期 108 例健康对照者的数据。使用阿拉伯语版 Rand 36 项简短健康调查量表（SF-36）问卷和癫痫生活质量量表（QOLIE-31）收集社会人口统计学和临床数据。
与对照组相比，癫痫患者的 SF-36 评分在身体功能引起的角色限制、情绪健康引起的角色限制和总体健康方面较低。QOLIE-31 显示，性别与能量/疲劳（=0.028）、药物效应（=0.016）和社会功能（=0.003）相关；只有社会功能与就业有显著相关性（=0.023）。
在沙特阿拉伯，癫痫患者的生活质量受到显著影响。本研究发现的某些因素与已公布的数据有所不同。这可能是由于阿拉伯家庭支持、文化和宗教信仰的差异所致。
