Mula, M; Von Oertzen, TJ; Cock, HR; Yogarajah, M; Loszadi, D; Agrawal, N
(2017)
Fatigue during treatment with antiepileptic drugs: a levetiracetam specific adverse event?
Epilepsy and Behavior, 72.
pp. 17-21.
ISSN 1525-5069
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.04.030
SGUL Authors: Cock, Hannah Rutherford Von Oertzen, Tim Mula, Marco
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Abstract
Purpose To examine the prevalence and clinical correlates of fatigue as an adverse event (AE) of antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment in patients with epilepsy. Methods Data from 443 adult outpatients with epilepsy assessed with the Adverse Event Profile (AEP) and the Neurological Disorder Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDIE) were analysed. Results Fatigue is reported by 36.6% of patients as always a problem during AED treatment. Fatigue is more likely to be reported by females (64.8% vs. 35.2%; Chi-Square = 16.762; df = 3; p = 0.001) and during treatment with levetiracetam (42.3% vs. 33.2%; Chi-Square = 11.462; df = 3; p = 0.009). The associations with the female gender and levetiracetam treatment were not mediated by depression, as identified with the NDDIE, and could not be simply explained by the large number of subjects on levetiracetam treatment, as analogous figures resulted from the analysis of a monotherapy subsample (41.7% vs. 30.3%; Chi-Square = 11.547; df = 3; p = 0.009). Conclusions One third of patients with epilepsy reports fatigue as a significant problem during AED treatment. Fatigue is more likely to be reported by females and seems to be specifically associated with LEV treatment. However, fatigue is not mediated by a negative effect of LEV on mood.
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Additional Information: | © 2017. 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: | Neurology & Neurosurgery, 1103 Clinical Sciences | ||||||||
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 ) |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Epilepsy and Behavior | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1525-5069 | ||||||||
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Publisher License: | Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 | ||||||||
URI: | https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/108800 | ||||||||
Publisher's version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.04.030 |
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