Epilepsy and anxiety

Epilepsy and anxiety

We have analyzed 155 subjects with STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory): 75 epileptic patients and 80 normal subjects used as a control group. A higher trait-anxiety score (chronic anxiety) than that of controls was found for the epileptic group. For the epileptic group higher levels of the A-trait...

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Veröffentlicht in:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 1993-09, Vol.51 (3), p.313-318
Hauptverfasser: de Albuquerque, M, de Campos, C J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
ansiedade
Anxiety - epidemiology
Electroencephalography
epilepsia
Epilepsy - diagnosis
Epilepsy - psychology
Female
Humans
inventário de ansiedade tnaço-estado
Male
Middle Aged
NEUROSCIENCES
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
PSYCHIATRY
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Zusammenfassung:We have analyzed 155 subjects with STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory): 75 epileptic patients and 80 normal subjects used as a control group. A higher trait-anxiety score (chronic anxiety) than that of controls was found for the epileptic group. For the epileptic group higher levels of the A-trait occurred in patients with EEG abnormalities with left temporal localization. We have also observed that the shorter the epilepsy lasts (less than two years), the higher the trait-anxiety levels. Convulsions and awareness loss during epileptic seizures do not modify state and trait-anxiety scores.
ISSN:0004-282X
1678-4227
0004-282X
DOI:10.1590/s0004-282x1993000300003