International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2019, Volume : 9, Issue : 6
First page : ( 26) Last page : ( 34)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

Health status perception in patients with epilepsy

Ms. Gupta Akanksha

Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi

Online published on 27 September, 2019.

Abstract

Research indicates that seizure disorders and epilepsy are often associated with a variety of psychological and social problems resulting in negative effects on quality of life and wellbeing. Epilepsy therapy may be prolonged, and a cure is not always attainable. Self-evaluations of health status have been shown to predict morbidity and mortality. For the reasons, health status perception is important health care outcomes and assessing this variable may ascertain the magnitude of the problem as a part of the systematic approach to challenges in epilepsy management. In present study we assessed and compared health status perception in patients with epilepsy and healthy controls. It was a cross-sectional study in which 30 patients with epilepsy along with 30 age and sex matched healthy controls were recruited and studied. Result indicates that patients with epilepsy have significant less health status perception (physical and mental health).

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Keywords

Epilepsy, health perception, physical health, mental health.

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