Percepción de memoria y calidad de vida en pacientes con epilepsia del lóbulo temporal con y sin tratamiento quirúrgico

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between memory perception and quality of life in temporal lobe epilepsy patients with and without surgical treatment.METHODS: A descriptive, retrospective and longitudinal study was carried out in 33 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy attended in International Center for Neurological Restoration, from January 2008 to January 2015 (range age: 20 to 54 years old). The sample was divided into two groups: with surgical treatment (20) and without it (13). We evaluate the memory perception and quality of life by means of the Efficiency Memory Questionnaire (EMQ) and the Quality of Life Scale (QOLI–31) respectively. Parametric statistics were used for analysis of the data (Pearson’s correlations Test; T–test, p