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. 2022 Sep;11(9):5340-5344.
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2255_21. Epub 2022 Oct 14.

Quality of life among caregivers of epileptic children with degree of controlling seizures in Aseer region

Ashwag Asiri  1 , Asiri Mohammad  2 , Mansour Otaif  2 , Khaled Abdulwahab Amer  3 , Abdulrahman Ali Aldosari  3 , Razan Saeed Al-Maalwi  3 , Sereen Dhafer Al-Muhsin  3 , Arwa Abdulwahab Amer  4
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Quality of life among caregivers of epileptic children with degree of controlling seizures in Aseer region

Ashwag Asiri et al. J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Epilepsy affects nearly 50 million people worldwide. Epilepsy can affect the quality of life of both the child and the caregiver leaving them unable to function in other areas of life. This quality of life is highly dependent on treatment adherence and how individuals feel about taking their medication. In our study, we aimed to investigate the frequency of medication adherence and the quality of life of caregivers of children with epilepsy. For this purpose, we conducted a cross-sectional survey at the Abha Maternity and Children's Hospital. We enrolled 133 consecutive participants and asked them to complete a questionnaire. The results showed that 37.6% of the participants forgot to take their medications, 9.8% of the participants reported that they were sometimes careless about giving their children medications and sometimes stopped giving them when the children were feeling better, 15.8% of the participants indicated that they sometimes stopped giving the medication when they felt that their children were getting worse when they took the medication., and 26.3% of the participants agreed that they only administered the medication when the children were sick. It was also found that the quality of life of the caregivers decreased when they forgot to give their children the medication and the quality of life of the caregivers increased when they continued to take the medication. In conclusion, quality of life increases as adherence to treatment increases, indicating that more intervention programs are needed to improve the adherence of epilepsy patients.

Keywords: Caregivers; epileptic children; quality of life.

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