Fatigue in patients with epilepsy and its association with depression and sleep quality

It was to evaluate the relationships between fatigue and excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep quality, depression and anxiety. This was a cross-sectional study on 98 unselected adult patients with epilepsy (PWE) at a tertiary center. It used clinical-sociodemographic characteristics, fatigue measured...

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Published inArquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Vol. 71; no. 8; pp. 533 - 536
Main Authors Neves, Gisele S M Leite, Gomes, Marleide da Mota
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Brazil Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 01.08.2013
Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
ansiedade
Anxiety - complications
Cross-Sectional Studies
depressao
Depression - complications
Disorders of Excessive Somnolence - complications
epilepsia
Epilepsy - complications
fadiga
Fatigue - etiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
NEUROSCIENCES
PSYCHIATRY
Regression Analysis
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
transtornos do sono
Young Adult
epilepsy
anxiety
fatigue
sleep disorders
epilepsia
transtornos do sono
ansiedade
depressao
depression
fadiga
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Summary:It was to evaluate the relationships between fatigue and excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep quality, depression and anxiety. This was a cross-sectional study on 98 unselected adult patients with epilepsy (PWE) at a tertiary center. It used clinical-sociodemographic characteristics, fatigue measured by the SF-36 vitality subscale (VsSF-36) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories. We observed that our patients presented vitality or fatigue similar to drivers with chronic headaches evaluated in the same city. Fatigue was related to depression, anxiety and sleep quality, but not to daytime sleepiness. A multiple linear regression analysis was conducted and we observed that fatigue was independently correlated with depression and quality of sleep. However, no significant difference was observed regarding seizure frequency or number of antiepileptic drugs. Fatigue needs to be studied more in PWE, and its risk factors need to be controlled, along with sleep quality and psychiatric disorders.
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ISSN:0004-282X
1678-4227
1678-4227
0004-282X
DOI:10.1590/0004-282X20130075