COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY AND MIDDLE AGED PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY
In old age epilepsy takes the 3rd place on the frequency of neurological disorders after cerebrovascular disease and dementia. Nevertheless, there is lack of data on quality of life in elderly patients with epilepsy. Comparative study of the behavioral quality of life in patients with epilepsy of middle and old age was assessed using special questionnaires «QOLIE-10» and «QOLIE-31». In case of optimized therapy elderly patients had greater improvement in quality of life compared with middle aged patients. At the same time, some subscales of quality of life in elderly patients were not sensitive to care.