291 _______________________________________________________________ DOI: https://doi.org/10.33258/birex.v3i4.2638 Quality of Life of Epileptic Children Using Pediatric “Quality of Life Inventory” TM (PedsQLTM) Assessment at RSUD Dr. Zainoel Abidin Banda Aceh Hirsa Agriani 1 , Anidar 2 , Eka Yunita Amna 3 , Bakhtiar 4 , Sulaiman Yusuf 5 , Dora Darussalam 6 , Syafruddin Haris 7 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Departement of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Univesitas Syiah Kuala/Zainal Abidin General Hospital, Banda Aceh, Indonesia dr.ichahirsa@gmail.com Abstract: Epilepsy is a chronic disease that causes social function barriers that affect quality of life. Clinical factors, demographics, psychosocial, and anti-epileptic drugs are reported to affect the quality of life of people with epilepsy. This study aims to assess the quality of life of children with epilepsy who seek treatment at the IKA section of RSUDZA. This research is an observational analytic study with a cross-sectional design at the neurology polyclinic and inpatient Dr. RSUD. Zainal Abidin Banda Aceh for the period April-May 2021. The research subjects are 2-18 years old. Quality of life assessment using generic PedsQLTM 4.0. Multivariate analysis was tested using logistic regression test. It was found that 60 epilepsy patients participated in the study and obtained a quality-of-life disorder based on parent reports of 28.3%, and children's reports of 34.1%. There was no statistically significant relationship between demographic factors and children's quality of life based on parental reports (p< 0.05). In the children's report, it was found that demographic factors in the form of unexpected parenting were risk factors for impaired quality of life (p <0.05). Abnormal EEG picture is a clinically significant factor for impaired quality of life in children with epilepsy (p<0.05). This study concludes that patients with risk factors namely unexpected parenting, abnormal EEG affect quality of life. Keywords: epilepsy; quality of life; PedsQLTM; parenting I. Introduction Epilepsy as a chronic disease has an impact on the quality of life of patients. Quality of life is one of the important parameters in assessing the effectiveness of medical interventions (Forsgren, 2005; Sabaz, 2003; Christensen, 2007; Verhey, 2009; Suwarba, 2016). The incidence of epilepsy in children is reported from various countries with wide variations, around 4-8 per 1000 children, depending on the study design and age group of the population. Kidney disease has been experienced by humans since ancient times (Razi, 2021). There are at least 700,000 new cases in Indonesia each year and it is estimated that 40%-50% occur in children (Suwarba, 2016). Clinical manifestations of epilepsy are acute and transient conditions such as decreased consciousness, motor, sensory, autonomic or psychic disturbances that are felt by the patient and can be witnessed by others. The main goal of the management of epilepsy in children is to make the family and patient experience minimal medical and psychosocial complications due to the disease. Wall et al (1987) reported that 77% of patients with epilepsy had difficulties in daily social functioning that affected their quality of life. Clinical factors, demographics, psychosocial, and anti-epileptic drugs (OAE) were reported to have a significant influence on the quality of life of people with epilepsy. Quality of life is a subjective perception of a person's welfare on his life which includes