Table 4.

Comparison of the overall quality of life and related factors between adult patients with epilepsy in fixed and freelance occupations

Items	Fixed occupation (n = 466)	Freelance occupation (n = 70)
Overall quality of life	35.75 ± 9.66	35.08 ± 13.38
Energy/fatigue	66.49 ± 18.84	65.77 ± 23.62
Emotional well-being	67.67 ± 17.82	68.92 ± 15.59
Seizure worry	52.31 ± 24.55	57.05 ± 29.38
Cognition	68.20 ± 19.01	69.55 ± 18.29
Social function	70.80 ± 21.42	73.23 ± 25.57
Medication effects	54.19 ± 25.11	48.93 ± 37.67
QOLIE-31	62.23 ± 14.67	63.33 ± 15.86

Values are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation. QOLIE-31: Quality of Life in Epilepsy-31.