Table 2.

Comparison of the quality of life between employed and unemployed adult patients with epilepsy

Items	Unemployed (n = 586)	Employed (n = 233)	Total population (n=819)
Overall quality of life	29.87 ± 11.61	35.98 ± 9.98*	34.24 ± 10.82
Energy/fatigue	57.00 ± 21.39	67.65 ± 19.14*	64.62 ± 20.37
Emotional well-being	60.86 ± 19.10	68.61 ± 17.65*	66.40 ± 18.40
Seizure worry	44.90 ± 27.31	53.18 ± 24.77*	50.83 ± 25.77
Cognition	58.43 ± 21.87	69.67 ± 18.97*	66.47 ± 20.46
Social function	59.63 ± 24.91	72.15 ± 21.42*	68.59 ± 23.16
Medication effects	46.26 ± 26.64	55.02 ± 25.63*	52.53 ± 26.21
QOLIE-31	53.43 ± 16.55	63.31 ± 14.73*	60.50 ± 15.90

Values are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation. *With statistically significant difference between employed and unemployed patients; P<0.01. QOLIE-31: Quality of Life in Epilepsy-31.