Quality of life in adolescent absence epilepsy at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health.

OBJECTIVE

To compare the QoL between adolescents with absence epilepsy and the other types of epilepsies.

MATERIAL AND METHOD: A prospective cohort study was conducted in adolescents aged 10-18 years that have been diagnosed with epilepsy at QSNICH between 2000 and 2012. The QoL was assessed using the QoLIE-AD-48, Thai version.

RESULTS

Seventy-three adolescents were included in this study, of which 27 had absence epilepsy. The mean total QoLIE-AD-48 score was 63.94 (17.14). The absence group had a mean score of 74.45 (9.83), while the non-absence group had a score of 57.78 (17.57), p-value < 0.001.

CONCLUSION

The QoL of adolescents with inactive absence epilepsy was significantly higher than those suffering with other types of epilepsy. The QoL in this study was similar to prior studies.