title: Marital status of patients with epilepsy: factors and quality of life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study investigated how marital status relates to clinical aspects and quality of life (QOL) in patients with epilepsy (PWE).
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data and Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-31) scores of 252 PWE were regressed against their marital status with a significance level of 5% (p < 0.05).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Logistic regression for single and married PWE revealed that singles had more abnormalities in the neurological examination (p = 0.029) and earlier seizure onset (p < 0.001), while for married and divorced PWE revealed the latter more psychiatric comorbidities (p = 0.002) and longer disease duration (p = 0.011). Regarding QOL score, linear regression showed that psychiatric comorbidity was the only factor (p < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The marital status of PWE is negatively associated with clinical aspects of epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil.
authors.forename: Glória Maria Almeida Souza
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Tedrus
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil. Electronic address: lineu.fonseca@uol.com.br.
authors.forename: Lineu Corrêa
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renato Buarque
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Epilepsy; Marital adjustment; Marriage; Quality of life