Study of inter-relationship of depression, seizure frequency and quality of life of people with epilepsy in India
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that can have profound physical, social and psychological consequences. We aimed to assess the clinical predictors of quality of life of people with epilepsy. We recruited 31 patients suffering from epilepsy in this cross-sectional study. Their clinical pr...
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| description | Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that can have profound physical, social and psychological consequences. We aimed to assess the clinical predictors of quality of life of people with epilepsy. We recruited 31 patients suffering from epilepsy in this cross-sectional study. Their clinical profile was recorded. Quality Of Life in Epilepsy (QOLIE-31) was used to assess quality of life of our patients. Depression was screened by Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory in Epilepsy (NDDI-E). Among all the clinical variables, only seizure frequency significantly correlated with seizure worry (P=0.002), emotional well-being (P=0.026) and social functions (P=0.013) subscales of QOLIE-31. NDDI-E score showed a significant negative correlation with all the subscales of QOLIE-31 except medication effects (P=0.993). A significant positive correlation was also noted between seizure frequency and NDDI-E score (r=0.417, P=0.020). Seizure frequency and depression are the most important predictors of quality of life in epilepsy patients. The management of patients with epilepsy should not only be aimed at just preventing seizures but the treating clinicians should also be cognizant about depression which itself can significantly affect the quality of life of patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1515e7e376114a7f929a0f0bdca9af412025-02-03T05:58:02ZengWileyMental Illness2036-74572036-74652014-03-016110.4081/mi.2014.51692749Study of inter-relationship of depression, seizure frequency and quality of life of people with epilepsy in IndiaShubham Mehta0Alok Tyagi1Richa Tripathi2Mahesh Kumar3Department of Psychiatry, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, RajasthanDepartment of Psychiatry, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, RajasthanDepartment of Psychiatry, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, RajasthanDepartment of Psychiatry, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, RajasthanEpilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that can have profound physical, social and psychological consequences. We aimed to assess the clinical predictors of quality of life of people with epilepsy. We recruited 31 patients suffering from epilepsy in this cross-sectional study. Their clinical profile was recorded. Quality Of Life in Epilepsy (QOLIE-31) was used to assess quality of life of our patients. Depression was screened by Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory in Epilepsy (NDDI-E). Among all the clinical variables, only seizure frequency significantly correlated with seizure worry (P=0.002), emotional well-being (P=0.026) and social functions (P=0.013) subscales of QOLIE-31. NDDI-E score showed a significant negative correlation with all the subscales of QOLIE-31 except medication effects (P=0.993). A significant positive correlation was also noted between seizure frequency and NDDI-E score (r=0.417, P=0.020). Seizure frequency and depression are the most important predictors of quality of life in epilepsy patients. The management of patients with epilepsy should not only be aimed at just preventing seizures but the treating clinicians should also be cognizant about depression which itself can significantly affect the quality of life of patients.http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/mi/article/view/5169quality of life, depression, epilepsy |
| spellingShingle | Shubham Mehta Alok Tyagi Richa Tripathi Mahesh Kumar Study of inter-relationship of depression, seizure frequency and quality of life of people with epilepsy in India Mental Illness quality of life, depression, epilepsy |
| title | Study of inter-relationship of depression, seizure frequency and quality of life of people with epilepsy in India |
| title_full | Study of inter-relationship of depression, seizure frequency and quality of life of people with epilepsy in India |
| title_fullStr | Study of inter-relationship of depression, seizure frequency and quality of life of people with epilepsy in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study of inter-relationship of depression, seizure frequency and quality of life of people with epilepsy in India |
| title_short | Study of inter-relationship of depression, seizure frequency and quality of life of people with epilepsy in India |
| title_sort | study of inter relationship of depression seizure frequency and quality of life of people with epilepsy in india |
| topic | quality of life, depression, epilepsy |
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