dc.creatorde Souza, Elisabete Abib Pedroso
dc.creatorSalgado, Priscila Camile Barioni
dc.date2006-Feb
dc.date2015-11-27T13:05:48Z
dc.date2015-11-27T13:05:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T01:03:26Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T01:03:26Z
dc.identifierEpilepsy & Behavior : E&b. v. 8, n. 1, p. 232-8, 2006-Feb.
dc.identifier1525-5050
dc.identifier10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.10.011
dc.identifierhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16356782
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/196927
dc.identifier16356782
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1297160
dc.descriptionThe aim of this study was to study anxiety and depression in patients with epilepsy and evaluate their relationships with neuroepilepsy and psychological variables. neuroepilepsy and psychological variables. Sixty patients and 60 healthy subjects were interviewed at the outpatient clinic for epilepsy, using the Beck Depression Inventory and State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory. The objective of the semistructured interview was to identify the patients' perception of the disease, self-concept, personal strategies, and perception of seizure control. There was a significant difference in anxiety and depression between the groups, as well as a strong relationship between perception of seizure control and depression and anxiety, independently assessed. Epilepsy was associated with disease (63.4%), mental problems (11.6%), feelings of shame, fear, worry, and low self-esteem (56.6%), and perception of stigma (26.6%). The strategies were: looking for social support, seeking medical treatment, withdrawal, denial, and spiritual support. There was a significant association between psychological symptoms and perception of seizure control, which reinforces the importance of subjective aspects involved in epilepsy.
dc.description8
dc.description232-8
dc.languageeng
dc.relationEpilepsy & Behavior : E&b
dc.relationEpilepsy Behav
dc.rightsfechado
dc.rights
dc.sourcePubMed
dc.subjectAdaptation, Psychological
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectAnxiety
dc.subjectCase-control Studies
dc.subjectDepression
dc.subjectEpilepsy
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectInterviews As Topic
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectSelf Concept
dc.subjectSeverity Of Illness Index
dc.subjectStress, Psychological
dc.titleA Psychosocial View Of Anxiety And Depression In Epilepsy.
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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