Correlates of quality of life with epilepsy

被引：37

作者：

Malhi P. ^{[1
]}

Singhi P. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Pediatrics, Post Grad. Inst. of Med. Educ./Res.

来源：

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics | 2005年 / 72卷 / 2期

关键词：

Children; Epilepsy; Qualify of life;

D O I：

10.1007/BF02760697

中图分类号：

学科分类号：

摘要：

Objective: To examine the quality of life of children with epilepsy and to identify the demographic, disease related, and behavioral and emotional functioning variables in the prediction of quality of life of children with epilepsy. Method: Forty three children aged 4 to 15 years (Mean=10.3 years) with epilepsy were recruited from the outpatient services of the Department of Pediatrics, of a tertiary care teaching hospital in North India. Quality of life was measured by Impact of Epilepsy Schedule, a 39 items parent reported questionnaire and child's emotional and behavioral functioning at home was assessed by the Childhood Psychopathology Measurement Schedule. Results: Majority of the parents expressed major concerns regarding seizures, treatment by anticonvulsants, present and future problems for the child and problems in parenting. Nearly 40% of the children had psychopathology scores in the clinically significant maladjustment range. Step-wise multiple regression analysis revealed that the psychopathology scores and mother's education accounted for 39% of the variance in the quality of life scores. Conclusion: Children with epilepsy have a relatively compromised quality of life and focusing simply on control of seizures may not address the full range of child's emotional and behavioral difficulties.

引用

页码：131 / 135

页数：4

共 30 条

[1]

Ettinger A.B., Weisbrot D.M., Nolan E.E., Gadow K.D., Vitale S.A., Andriola M.R., Et al., Symptoms of depression and anxiety in pediatric epilepsy patients, Epilepsia, 36, pp. 595-599, (1998)

[2]

Margalit M., Heiman T., Anxiety and self-dissatisfaction in epileptic children, Int J Soc Psychiatry, 29, pp. 220-224, (1983)

[3]

Austin J.K., Comparison of child adaptation to epilepsy and asthma, J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs, 2, pp. 139-144, (1989)

[4]

Malhi P., Singhi P., Effects of family functioning on psychosocial adaptation in children with epilepsy, J Dev Beh Pediatr, 20, (1999)

[5]

Scott D.F., Psychiatric aspects of epilepsy, Br J Psychiatry, 132, pp. 417-430, (1978)

[6]

Austin J.K., Risinger M.W., Beckett L.A., Correlates of behavior problems in children with epilepsy, Epilepsia, 33, pp. 1115-1122, (1992)

[7]

Pianta R.C., Lothman D., Predicting behavior problems in children with epilepsy: Child factors, disease factors, family stress and child-mother interaction, Child Deve, 65, pp. 1415-1428, (1994)

[8]

Seidenberg M., Beck N., Geisser M., Giordani B., Sackellares J.C., Berenet S., Et al., Academic achievement of children with epilepsy, Epilepsia, 27, pp. 753-759, (1986)

[9]

Sturniolo M.G., Galleti F., Idiopathic epilepsy and school achievement, Arch Dis Child, 70, pp. 424-428, (1994)

[10]

Austin J.K., Smith M.S., Risinger M.W., McNelis A.M., Childhood epilepsy and asthma: Comparison of quality of life, Epilepsia, 35, pp. 608-615, (1994)

← 1 2 3 →