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Patterns of depressive symptoms in epilepsy / Perfis de sintomas depressivos na epilepsia
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria; Triantafyllou, Nikolaos I.; Gatzonis, Stergios; Kararizou, Evangelia; Papageorgiou, Charalampos C..
  • Triantafyllou, Nikolaos I.; Eginition Hospital. University of Athens. Department of Neurology. GR
  • Gatzonis, Stergios; Eginition Hospital. University of Athens. Department of Neurology. GR
  • Kararizou, Evangelia; Eginition Hospital. University of Athens. Department of Neurology. GR
  • Papageorgiou, Charalampos C.; Eginition Hospital. University of Athens. Department of Neurology. GR
Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; 71(4): 213-215, abr. 2013. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-670880
ABSTRACT

Objective:

The purpose of this study was to determine the nature and extent of depressive symptoms among patients with epilepsy.

Methods:

Ninety patients were investigated over a three-month period 42 were suffering from generalized epilepsy, 29 from focal epilepsy and 19 from undetermined epilepsy. All completed the Zung self-rating scale for assessment of the depressive symptoms.

Results:

Sixty-seven patients felt stigmatized because of epilepsy (67%) 73.6% in the undetermined epilepsy group, 55.1% in the focal epilepsy group and 88% in the generalized epilepsy group. Moreover, among the 90 epileptic patients studied, symptoms of irritability, indecisiveness, personal devaluation and emptiness showed a constant increasing trend for their presence from the undetermined epilepsy group through the generalized epilepsy group to the focal epilepsy group.

Conclusions:

These findings indicate that although the focal epilepsy patients felt less stigmatized, they did not differ greatly in terms of depressive symptoms, in relation to the undetermined epilepsy and generalized epilepsy patients. .
RESUMO

Objetivo:

O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar a natureza e extensão dos sintomas depressivos entre pacientes com epilepsia.

Métodos:

Noventa pacientes foram avaliados durante o período de três meses 42 apresentando epilepsia generalizada, 29 com epilepsia focal e 19 com epilepsia indeterminada. Todos completaram a auto-escala de Zung para avaliação de sintomas depressivos.

Resultados:

Sessenta e sete pacientes se sentiam estigmatizados por causa da epilepsia (67%), sendo 73,6% do grupo epilepsia indeterminada, 55,1% do grupo epilepsia focal e 88% do grupo epilepsia generalizada. Além disto, entre os 90 pacientes epilépticos estudados, os sintomas de irritabilidade, dificuldade para tomar decisões, baixa estima pessoal e sensação de vazio mostraram-se presentes de forma crescente entre os grupos de epilepsia indeterminada, epilepsia generalizada e epilepsia focal.

Conclusões:

Estes achados indicam que embora os pacientes com epilepsia focal se sintam menos estigmatizados, eles não diferiram de maneira considerável daqueles com epilepsia indeterminada e epilepsia generalizada em termos de sintomas depressivos. .
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Depression / Epilepsy Type of study: Diagnostic study / Prognostic study Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Arq. neuropsiquiatr Journal subject: Neurology / Psychiatry Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Greece Institution/Affiliation country: Eginition Hospital/GR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Depression / Epilepsy Type of study: Diagnostic study / Prognostic study Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Arq. neuropsiquiatr Journal subject: Neurology / Psychiatry Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Greece Institution/Affiliation country: Eginition Hospital/GR