Perceived quality of life (QOLIE-31-P), depression (NDDI-E), anxiety (GAD-7), and insomnia in patients with epilepsy attended at a refractory epilepsy unit in real-life clinical practice.
Alicia Gonzalez-MartinezÁlvaro Planchuelo-GómezAlba Vieira CamposFrancisco Martínez-DubarbieJosé VivancosMaría De Toledo-HerasPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2021)
The multidimensional evaluation revealed that higher levels of anxiety and depression are associated with worse quality of life in real clinical practice in patients with epilepsy, especially in females and drug-resistant epilepsy. In addition, sleep disturbances are associated with particular aspects of the quality of life. Further studies with longitudinal follow-up would be useful to adequately manage these comorbidities in patients with epilepsy.