DYNAMICS OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN MONOTHERAPY OF SOME ANTICONVULSANTS IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Epilepsy is a chronic disease that leads to various social and psychological consequences. Due to impact of epilepsy on the psychosocial status of patients, contributing to the formation of perception of their position in life, epilepsy is characterized by reduced quality of life. With purpose to evaluate the quality of life of epilepsy patients with estimating its dynamics on the background of monotherapy with some antiepileptic drugs studied 102 patients aged of 18-44 years. Using the methodology for assessing the quality of life of patients with epilepsy using QOLIE -31 questionnaire along with clinical, instrumental methods of examination is a reliable criterion for evaluating the additional efficacy and tolerability of therapy. To achieve a sufficient amount of research in this field, such studies requires further development , as it is a signal for physicians about available fears of patients and informs patients about the problems typical to their disease, facilitate interaction between physician and patient about the decision concerning tactics of diagnosis and treatment