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The present study aimed to determine the level of health-related QOLIE-31 in patients of epilepsy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This was a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Respondents were adults aged at least 18-year-old with a diagnosis of epilepsy. QOLIE-31 was used for collecting data on health-related QOL. The unpaired\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -test or one-way analysis of variance was used to compare means of QOL scores between groups.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Totally, 60 patients of epilepsy were included in the study. 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