SOCIAL ADAPTATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY

Abstract

The study aims to examine the quality of life and social adaptation of patients with idiopathic epilepsy was performed on 120 patients with idiopathic epilepsy among patients Neurology clinic and regional hospital in Shymkent. In the study revealed that regardless of the form of idiopathic epilepsy, gender, age of the patients - 63 (52.5%) people live in rural areas (districts, villages) region, and 57 (47.5%) patients in the city. But the presence of higher and specialized secondary education in patients with idiopathic epilepsy who were living in the city were observed in the majority of cases than among patients living in rural areas. The average duration of disease was 15,3 ± 9,2 years. Age of onset of the disease up to 5 years was in 22 (18.34%) patients, and 10 years - in 36 (30%) patients, to 15 years was found in 44 (36.66%) patients, 18 (15%) patients - after 15 years. The peak onset of the disease epilepsy manifested to 15 years in most cases, 36.66% of patients. Analysis of the questionnaire QOL of patients with IE showed the dependence of the QOL level of education, employment, at work, learning activities, disability, cognitive function - the level of intelligence of their position in society. IE patients rated their quality of life as poor, who indicated that they were not high rehabilitation potential, probably associated with little effective therapy AE inadequate or prohibitively expensive medicines. It is noted that the QOL of patients with IE influenced by demographic and clinical variables (gender, age of patients, forms of epilepsy, type, frequency of seizures, place of residence, education), and the degree of cognitive impairment.