Evaluation of clinical aspects and quality of life as risk factors for depression in patients with epilepsy
- 作者：Ting Zhao ; Ming-yue Sun ; Pei-min Yu ; tracypmyu@yahoo.com ; tracypmyu@163.com ; Guo-xing Zhu ; Xing-hua Tang ; Yun-bo Shi ; Zhen Hong
- 关键词：Epilepsy ; Depression ; Risk factors ; Quality of life
- 刊名：Seizure
- 出版年：2012
- 期刊代码：281_10591311
- 类别：med
- 出版时间：June, 2012
- 卷：21
- 期：5
- 页码：367-370
- 文件大小：181 K
摘要
The purpose of this study was to investigate clinical aspects and quality of life (QOL) as risk factors for depression in patients with epilepsy. One hundred and forty outpatients with a diagnosis of epilepsy who were attending our epilepsy center participated. Patients anonymously filled out a questionnaire with clinical data related to epilepsy. Depression level was evaluated by the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17 (HAMD-17), and quality of life was evaluated by the Quality of Life in Epilepsy-31 (QOLIE-31). Thirty-six patients with epilepsy suffered from depression (25.7%). Complex partial seizures (OR = 0.112) and number of seizure types (OR = 3.773) were found to be clinical risk factors for depression. Low scores for seizure worry (OR = 0.947) and social function (OR = 0.947) on the QOLIE-31 increased the probability of depression in patients with epilepsy.