From: Effects of stigma on the quality of life in patients with epilepsy
Univariate analysis | ||||||||
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Variables | Post-hoc comparisons | |||||||
n | M ± SD | T | P | P | ||||
Sex | ||||||||
Male | 158 | 63.95 ± 14.98 | -0.01 | 0.992 | ||||
Female | 140 | 63.96 ± 15.80 | ||||||
Domicile | ||||||||
Rural | 165 | 62.94 ± 15.94 | 1.27 | 0.205 | ||||
City | 133 | 65.21 ± 14.53 | ||||||
Marital status | ||||||||
Single | 121 | 63.61 ± 15.53 | -0.32 | 0.746 | ||||
Married | 177 | 64.19 ± 15.25 | ||||||
Causes of epilepsy | ||||||||
Known | 63 | 62.65 ± 16.51 | ||||||
Unknown | 235 | 64.30 ± 15.03 | 0.757 | 0.449 | ||||
ASM therapy regimen | ||||||||
Monotherapy | 229 | 65.96 ± 14.79 | 4.22 | < 0.001 | ||||
Polytherapy | 69 | 57.31 ± 15.36 | ||||||
History of febrile convulsions | ||||||||
Yes | 22 | 56.68 ± 14.74 | -2.33 | 0.021 | ||||
No | 276 | 64.53 ± 15.26 | ||||||
Education level | 1.09 | 0.356 | ||||||
Primary school | 36 | 65.42 ± 13.08 | ||||||
Junior high school | 109 | 61.85 ± 14.79 | ||||||
High school | 92 | 65.23 ± 16.73 | ||||||
University and above | 61 | 64.92 ± 15.32 | ||||||
Epilepsy types | 0.66 | 0.518 | ||||||
Focal epilepsies | 48 | 65.51 ± 16.00 | ||||||
Generalized epilepsies | 248 | 63.73 ± 15.18 | ||||||
Unknown epilepsies | 2 | 54.41 ± 25.07 | ||||||
Employment status | 3.99 | 0.004 | ||||||
Students | 34 | 70.93 ± 12.54 | ||||||
Unemployed | 116 | 60.20 ± 15.57 | 0.003 | |||||
Part-time employee | 21 | 64.07 ± 16.09 | 0.471 | 0.814 | ||||
Full-time employee | 106 | 65.66 ± 15.09 | 0.388 | 0.056 | 0.992 | |||
Retired | 21 | 64.69 ± 14.41 | 0.567 | 0.717 | 1.000 | 0.999 | ||
Income level (yuan) | 5.16 | 0.006 | ||||||
< 10,000 | 154 | 61.25 ± 14.51 | ||||||
10,000–50,000 | 110 | 66.59 ± 16.47 | 0.014 | |||||
> 50,000 | 34 | 67.69 ± 15.34 | 0.066 | 0.927 | ||||
Spearman correlation | P | |||||||
Age (years) | 0.012 | 0.836 | ||||||
Age at onset (years) | 0.034 | 0.554 | ||||||
Duration of Epilepsy (years) | -0.031 | 0.590 | ||||||
Seizure frequency | -0.337 | < 0.001 |