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Screening of anxiety and quality of life in people with epilepsy.

Gur-Ozmen, S; Leibetseder, A; Cock, HR; Agrawal, N; von Oertzen, TJ (2017) Screening of anxiety and quality of life in people with epilepsy. Seizure, 45. pp. 107-113. ISSN 1532-2688 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2016.11.026
SGUL Authors: Cock, Hannah Rutherford Von Oertzen, Tim

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Abstract

PURPOSE: Up to 60% of people with epilepsy (PwE) have psychiatric comorbidity including anxiety. Anxiety remains under recognized in PwE. This study investigates if screening tools validated for depression could be used to detect anxiety disorders in PWE. Additionally it analyses the effect of anxiety on QoL. METHOD: 261 participants with a confirmed diagnosis of epilepsy were included. Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E) and Emotional Thermometers (ET), both validated to screen for depression were used. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A) with a cut off for moderate and severe anxiety was used as the reference standard. QoL was measured with EQ5-D. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value and ROC analysis as well as multivariate regression analysis were performed. RESULTS: Patients with depression (n=46) were excluded as multivariate regression analysis showed that depression was the only significant determinant of having anxiety in the group. Against HADS-A, NDDI-E and ET-7 showed highest level of accuracy in recognizing anxiety with ET7 being the most effective tool. QoL was significantly reduced in PwE and anxiety. CONCLUSION: Our study showed that reliable screening for moderate to severe anxiety in PwE without co-morbid depression is feasible with screening tools for depression. The cut off values for anxiety are different from those for depression in ET7 but very similar in NDDI-E. ET7 can be applied to screen simultaneously for depression and "pure" anxiety. Anxiety reduces significantly QoL. We recommend screening as an initial first step to rule out patients who are unlikely to have anxiety.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2016. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Keywords: Anxiety, Comorbidity, Depression, Epilepsy, Human, Questionnaire, Neurology & Neurosurgery, 1109 Neurosciences, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1701 Psychology
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Institute of Medical & Biomedical Education (IMBE)
Academic Structure > Institute of Medical & Biomedical Education (IMBE) > Centre for Clinical Education (INMECE )
Journal or Publication Title: Seizure
ISSN: 1532-2688
Language: eng
Dates:
DateEvent
1 February 2017Published
6 December 2016Published Online
30 November 2016Accepted
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0
PubMed ID: 27984808
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/108478
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2016.11.026

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