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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 74:570-573 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.5.570
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Influence of clinical, demographic, and socioeconomic variables on quality of life in patients with epilepsy: findings from Georgian study

Table 2

Information on the strongest predictors for six subscores

Variable Univariate regr coeff Multivariate regr coeff SEM t value p value Adjusted R2
QOLIE-31 total score
    Education 19.84 0.28 6.83 2.82 0.005 0.23
    Seizure frequency ⩾10 −22.34 −0.29 8.08 −2.77 0.007
    Duration of epilepsy 0.64 0.23 0.25 2.55 0.012
Seizure worry
    Sex 10.74 0.19 5.35 2.01 0.048 0.15
    Seizure frequency ⩾10 −13.12 −0.21 6.61 −1.98 0.050
    Duration of epilepsy 0.55 0.25 0.25 2.19 0.003
Overall quality of life
    Age −0.34 −0.30 0.11 −3.03 0.003 0.20
    Education 7.85 0.22 3.41 2.30 0.023
    Seizure frequency ⩾10 −8.77 −0.23 4.05 −2.16 0.033
Emotional wellbeing
    Seizure frequency ⩾10 −9.39 −0.23 4.60 −2.04 0.044 0.10
Energy/fatigue
    Age −0.30 −0.25 0.12 −2.47 0.015 0.19
    Seizure frequency ⩾10 −10.14 −0.24 4.45 −2.28 0.025
Cognitive functioning
    Age −0.44 −0.29 0.15 −2.99 0.004 0.27
    Education 17.19 0.34 4.57 3.76 0.000
    Seizure frequency ⩾10 −16.72 −0.31 5.44 −3.08 0.003
Social functioning
    Education 15.11 0.27 5.30 2.85 0.005 0.18
    Seizure frequency ⩾10 −16.64 −0.28 6.31 −2.64 0.010
    Duration of epilepsy 0.40 0.18 0.20 1.98 0.050

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