Abstract:
Background. Patients with epilepsy are at an increased risk of poor quality of life. Purpose. We aimed at assessing the quality of life and
its determinants among epileptic patients at University of Gondar Referral Hospital (UoGRH), Ethiopia. Methods. Institution based
cross-sectional study was conducted on epileptic patients on follow up at UoGRH from January 15 to April 15, 2017. Information
including socio-demographic pro le and diagnosis was extracted from medical records and patients. Quality Of Life In Epilepsy-10
(QOLIE-10) tool was used to measure the quality of life. Independent t-test and one-way analysis of variance were used to look for
factors associated with quality of life. e level of statistical signi cance was declared at 푃-value ≤ 0.05. Results. A total of 354 patients
were included in the study and mean age was 29.1 ± 11.7 years. e mean QOLIE-10 score was 19.85. One hundred ninety-four
(54.8%) of participants had a good quality of life. Being illiterate, unemployment, and presence of co-morbid medical condition
were associated with poorer quality of life. Conclusion. Nearly half of the participants had a poor quality of life. Patients with comorbidity, illiteracy, and unemployment should be given special emphasis in order to improve their quality of life
