Investigation of Health Fatalism, Self-Esteem, and Quality of Life in Epilepsy Patients
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This study was conducted to examine health fatalism, self-esteem, quality of life, and the relationships among these variables in epilepsy patients. A descriptive and cross-sectional design with 210 patients admitted to the Epilepsy Outpatient Clinic of a Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul between April and December 2021. The research data were collected through face-to-face interviews with the “Personal Information Form”, “Health Fatalism Scale (HFS)”, “Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)” and “Quality of Life in Epilepsy Scale QOLIE-31”. HFS mean score was 49.8±17.32 and RSES mean score was 1.96±0.53. 41.4% had high self-esteem. QOLIE-31 total mean score was 58.03±19.84, and the scores from seizure anxiety, general quality of life, emotional well-being, energy/fatigue, cognitive function, effect of drugs and social function subscales were 51.42±31.18, 59.18±20.31, 56.57±21.46, 51.98±21.85, 59.81±24.43, 57.12±31.95 and 62.11±29.83, respectively. It is seen that the mean QOLIE-31 scores of patients with high self-esteem were lower than those of patients with moderate self-esteem at a statistically significant level. The mean QOLIE-31 and its sub-dimensions scores of patients with high self-esteem were higher than those of patients with moderate self-esteem at a statistically significant level. It was determined that the patients had a moderate level of fatalism, and their self-esteem and quality of life levels were moderate. Patients with a moderate level of self-esteem were more fatalistic and those with high self-esteem had higher quality of life.
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