Abstract

Epilepsy is defined as a brain disorder characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epilepticseizures by its neurobiological, cognitive, psychological, and social consequences. Many factors affect thequality of life of people with epilepsy, including Seizures Severity, Memory, Medications effects. WorldHealth Organization (WHO), estimated that there are 50 million people with epilepsy worldwide. StablePeople with epilepsy are those who were suffered from disease for more than three year as diagnosed byclinical neurologist. The study was conducted in neurology OPD DMC Ludhiana. Findings reveals that 68%of people with epilepsy had average quality of life. The mean percentage score was found highest for thesocial function domain i.e.43.77±10.6301 and was found lowest for seizure worry domain i.e.11.82±7.40.Age of onset seizures (p=0.367), frequency of seizures (p=0.552) were associated with epilepsy amongpeople with epilepsy.

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