The effect of planned education on the quality of life and sleep quality of children with epileptic

Aim:The purpose of this study is; to assess whether planned education in epileptic children has an impact on quality of life and sleep quality. Material and Methods:The experimental type study was carried out in the child neurology clinic of Manisa Celal Bayar University Hafsa Sultan Hospital. The sample of the study consisted of 74 epileptic children in total as experimental and control group. The study included a children's presentation form, the General Child's Quality of Life Scale, the KINDL Epilepsy Quality of Life Module for Children, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index with face-to-face interview technique. Questionnaire form was applied before the training for the experiment group. One month after this training, the same questionnaire was reapplied to assess the educational effectiveness. Questionnaires were applied to the control group. The same questionnaire was administered to the same group without training again after one month. Percentage distributions of the data were done and the T-Test in Dependent Groups, T-Test in Independent Groups, Mann Whitney U-Test, Wilcoxon Signed Rank Tests were used. Pearson Correlation analysis was performed to evaluate the relationship between the scales Results:A s a result of the study, it was found that for experiment group The General Child Quality of Life Scale score, KINDL Epilepsy Quality of Life Module for Children score increased and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score decreased. The General Child Quality of Life Scale and the KINDL Epilepsy Quality of Life Module for Children correlated negatively with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. A positive relationship was found between the KINDL Epilepsy Quality of Life Module for Children and General Child Quality of Life Scale. Conclusion:The quality of life and sleep quality increase with planned education in children with epilepsy and the planned training with epilepsy were found to be effective on children.