Abstract
Introduction: in the world about 50 million people have epilepsy, the disease causes a great sequel to the patient, and families with this disease
Objective: to describe conditions that affect the quality of life by QOLIE-10 form in patients with epilepsy, valued at San José Hospital of Bogotá.
Materials and methods: cross-sectional descriptive observation from the survey of quality of life in epilepsy (QOLIE-10). The information was summarized using frequencies, measures of central tendency and dispersion.
Results: 157 surveys were obtained. According to the classification of QOLIE 10, 43.3% of patients had poor quality of life, which along with the regular grade (19.8%) is interpreted that most patients do not have a good quality of life. Quality of life as in the rest of the world population is affected by the ictal frequency.
Conclusion: in patients with epilepsy Population their quality of life is not good although 71% are on monotherapy and have control of the disease.
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