Abstract
An article establishes assessment of quality of life, severity of seizures and emotional condition 117 patients with epilepsy, over the age of 18 (35.13±1.19) with different form epilepsy what started from 0 to 69 years (14.22±1.26) in the Machtagа village. How showed analyzes of the survey results, the patients sub clinic 62 (52.9%) and clinic 29 (24.8%) pronounced measure depression and anxiety from scale Ziqmond and high measure severity of seizures from national hospital seizure severity scale (NHS3) (20-27 scores bу 54 (46.1%), (3-9 scores by 40 (34.2%) patients, adversely affecting to their quality of life, assessment by questionnaire «QOLIE-10» (27.1±0.3). Social status research revealed a high patients unemployment rate (82 (70.1%) p=0.911). Between 70 (59.8%) disability patients most had secondary group (р=0.938). The number of lower secondary education and uneducated patient prevailed among native (28 (36.8%)/7 (9.2%)) and nonnative (11 (26.8%)/4 (9.8%)) village population (р=0.547). In population research 65 (55.6%) patients were married, 52 (44.4%) patients were alone (р=0.386). During the study it was revealed influence of ethnocultural characteristics patients to measure quality of life. A form of expression of religious beliefs, which, in the form of a clear implementation of the established religious rules, had a positive effect on the quality of life of patients from the hunhar and kechan mehelle, and mysticism in relation to religion, a form of upbringing in a family without encouraging intellectual development, and even prohibitions on obtaining an education, contributed to the formation passive personality with disabilities among patients from seidler mehelle, which affected their QOL negatively.
Highlights
Epilepsy is one of the most common diseases of the nervous system in children and adults
The QOLIE-10 questionnaire was used to assess the quality of life. in which each answer was graded on a scale of 1-5, with a higher score reflecting a lower quality of life, with a final score of 0-50
Representatives of the indigenous population lived in the village compactly in three quarters: Honhaar, Kechan, Seidler, which for many centuries have passed from generation to generation, the established order of behavior, customs, faith, moral values, mythological ideas [17, 18]
Summary
Epilepsy is one of the most common diseases of the nervous system in children and adults. The incidence of this disease ranges from 1.5 to 18, and in some developing countries it exceeds 30 cases per 1000 population [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Suffering from this ailment, it is not uncommon to face various kinds of discrimination. A few works are devoted to the study of the relationship between persons belonging to different races and ethnic groups, socioeconomic formations and epilepsy. Perhaps scientific research in this direction will be able to point out the undoubted role of these factors in the structure of the incidence and prevalence of this dangerous disease
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