Social support for and features of Chinese adults with epilepsy  

作　　者：Rui Zhong Hanyu Zhang Yujuan Han Xin Guo Weihong Lin 

机构地区：[1]Department of Neurology,The First Hospital of Jilin University,Changchun 130012,China

出　　处：《Acta Epileptologica》2022年第3期169-174,共6页癫痫学报（英文）

基　　金：The present study was funded by the Jilin University First Hospital Clinical Cultivation Fund Program(LCPYJJ2017006).

摘　　要：Background:The lack of social support for adults with epilepsy(AWEs)is receiving increased attention,as it may result in low quality of life.This study was aimed to confirm the demographic characteristics of and clinical factors associated with social support for AWEs.Methods:AWEs were consecutively recruited from our hospital.The 10-term Social Support Rating Scale(SSRS)was used to measure social support.A linear regression analysis with stepwise selection was performed to analyze the independent variables associated with social support for AWEs.Results:In total,165 AWEs were consecutively included in the present study.Linear regression analysis showed that the marital status(t=-3.550,β=-0.272,P=0.001),the age at onset(t=2.545,β=0.192,P=0.012),and the QOLIE-31 score(t=3.144,β=0.221,P=0.002)were independent variables associated with social support for AWEs.Conclusions:Our findings suggest that the poor social support is associated with childhood onset of epilepsy and the unmarried status.This study also confirmed a negative influence of low social support on quality of life in AWEs.

关 键 词：EPILEPSY Marital status Childhood-onset epilepsy Social support Quality of life 

分 类 号：R742.1[医药卫生—神经病学与精神病学]