Outcomes of epilepsy and assessment of risk factors for patients

Background Epilepsy is a common and widely recognized neurological problem, but it tends to be poorly understood, misdiagnosed, and inadequately treated. Objective: Our study aimed to assess epilepsy findings and determine risk factors affecting patients with epilepsy. Patients and methods A total of 90 participating samples of epilepsy patients who have ages between 20 – 70 years were recruited. Patient data were collected randomly from different hospitals in Iraq through patient interviews and review of medical records. This study evaluated the outcomes of epilepsy patients in terms of pain rate and quality of life for patients who were followed for one year from the period July 2022 to July 2023. Furthermore, we conducted a logistic regression analysis of the risk factors affecting the outcomes of epilepsy patients. Results Our findings showed that patients who age (61 − 70) years which are the most class with 45.56% of cases, males had 54 cases and females had 36 cases, patients who have BMI > 30.5 were the highest, which include 36 cases, patients have hypertension with 59 cases, and diabetes with 24 cases, 50 patients had sleep duration within 8 - 10 hours and 40 patients had sleep disorder. In assessment of patients’ general health were excellent with 10 cases, very good/good with 24 cases, and fair/poor with 56 cases. Conclusion Older, single, and have sleep disorders are more likely to get epilepsy. Moreover, epilepsy risk is lower among those in very good general health.