Quality of life and mood assessment in conservatively treated cavernous malformation-related epilepsy.

Laurèl RauschenbachPauline BartschAlejandro Nicolas SantosAnnika LenkeitMarvin Darkwah Oppong Karsten Henning WredeRamazan JabbarliWitold X ChmielewskiBörge SchmidtCarlos M QuesadaMichael ForstingUlrich SurePhilipp Dammann

Published in: Brain and behavior (2022)

CRE negatively influences quality of life and mood, independent of seizure control due to antiepileptic medication. Screening for functional and psychosocial deficits in clinical practice might be useful for assessing individual burden and allocating surgical or drug treatment.

Keyphrases

clinical practice
bipolar disorder
sleep quality
adverse drug

healthcare
mental health
temporal lobe epilepsy

emergency department
risk factors
physical activity

newly diagnosed
replacement therapy
depressive symptoms