Anticipatory anxiety of epileptic seizures: An overlooked dimension linked to trauma history
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ObjectiveFear of having a seizure called anticipatory anxiety epileptic (AAS), constitutes daily life burden but has been rarely studied. Our aim was to assess the prevalence and determining factors AAS in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy, dimension that not thoroughly investigated before.MethodsWe conducted an observational, prospective study enrolling epilepsy. The psychiatric assessment aimed evaluate comorbidities, trauma history, quality using hetero-evaluation self-assessment tools. Dimensions specifically related epilepsy (peri-and-inter-ictal) were explored as exhaustively possible.ResultsAAS found 53 % 87 patients. We compared two groups patients: or without AAS. Patients had significantly shorter duration (p = 0.04). There no difference between respect disorders, except for cannabis dependence, more frequent 0.02). Compared AAS, those presented subjective ictal 0.0003) postictal 0.02), likely avoid outdoor social situations due fear 0.001), poorer (QOLIE emotional well-being; p 0.03). Additionally, they experienced traumatic events their lifetime 0.005) reported frequently feeling being unsafe during seizures 0.00002).SignificanceAAS is specific anxiety, possibly linked history. strongly objective severity frequency.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Seizure-european Journal of Epilepsy
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1532-2688', '1059-1311']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2020.12.006