Table 4 Factors associated with the quality of life of PWEs

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