Table 5.

Comparison of the overall quality of life and related factors between patients with epilepsy in different occupations

Items	Student (n = 107)	Peasant (n = 101)	Worker (n = 346)
Overall quality of life	37.05 ± 10.88	32.36 ± 9.10	36.73 ± 9.82
Energy/fatigue	72.89 ± 19.15	58.41 ± 18.62	68.50 ± 18.02
Emotional well-being	72.67 ± 16.72	62.09 ± 17.79	69.27 ± 17.81
Seizure worry	56.52 ± 25.02	49.34 ± 22.03	53.55 ± 25.27
Cognition	76.09 ± 17.66	60.24 ± 19.03	70.56 ± 18.54
Social function	77.89 ± 20.13	64.26 ± 20.33	72.72 ± 21.04
Medication effects	59.39 ± 25.91	56.57 ± 25.04	53.41 ± 25.69
QOLIE-31	68.04 ± 14.01	56.26 ± 14.04	63.95 ± 14.52

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