Ritonga, Ratna Sari and Utari, Agustini and Sareharto, Tun Paksi and Putranti, Alifiani Hikmah (2023) Factors related to the quality of life of children with epilepsy after epilepsy surgery at Dr. Kariadi. Masters thesis, universitas diponegoro.

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Abstract

Background: Epilepsy surgery reduces the frequency of seizures, thereby improving the quality of life of patients. Research on factors that influence the quality of life of patients with epilepsy after epilepsy surgery in adult patients has been widely conducted, whereas it has never been conducted in paediatric patients in Indonesia. Objective: To determine factors related to the quality of life of children with epilepsy after epilepsy surgery at Dr. Kariadi Hospital. Methods: The case–control study was conducted on patients with epilepsy at Dr. Kariadi Semarang’s paediatric neurology polyclinic from 2016 to 2021. Subjects were
selected by consecutive sampling. The variables investigated were age at diagnosis, age at surgery, frequency of seizures before surgery, and intervals between age at diagnosis and surgery. The odds ratio (OR) illustrates the link between quality of life and the variables analysed. The p-value is considered significant if p <0.05. Results: This study included 112 subjects: 35 epilepsy surgery patients and 77 polypharmacy patients. The quality of life of the patients also differed significantly before and after surgery (p<0.05). According to the findings of statistical tests, it was found that age at diagnosis of epilepsy, age at surgery, frequency of seizures before surgery, and the interval between age at diagnosis of epilepsy and age at surgery were
not related to the quality of life of children with epilepsy after epilepsy surgery at Dr. Kariadi. Hospital. Conclusion: The quality of life of epileptic children after epilepsy surgery is better than
that of children with epilepsy before epilepsy surgery. Factors such as age at diagnosis of epilepsy, age at surgery, frequency of seizures before surgery, and the interval between age at diagnosis of epilepsy and age at surgery are not related to the quality of life of children with epilepsy after epilepsy surgery at Dr. Kariadi.Hospital.

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