Life Quality of Children with Intractable Epilepsy and Effect of Psychological Intervention on Them / 实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the life quality of children with intractable epilepsy and observe the effect of psychological intervention on them.Methods Thirty-nine children with intractable epilepsy,42 children with drug respond epilepsy and 40 healthy children were employed and tested by using of the child self-report scale of quality of life for children with epilepsy.Scores of quality of life were compared among 3 groups.Children with intractable epilepsy were divided randomly into 2 groupspsychological intervention group(19 cases)and non psychological intervention group(20 cases).Only drug treatment was given in non psychological intervention group,drug treatment and psychological intervention were given in psychological intervention group,quality of life was valuated before and 1 month after psychological intervention,then scores of quality of life were compared after and before psychological intervention in psychological intervention group,total scores of quality of life were compared between psychological intervention group after and before psychological intervention and non psychological intervention group.Results Compared with children with drug respond epilepsy and healthy children,the children with intractable epilepsy had lower scores of quality of life(Pa