Psychological and Psychiatric Assessment in Patients Eligible for Epilepsy Surgery
Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
180 participants
Dec 2, 2020
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The aim of the study is to describe the socio-demographic, clinical, psychological, and psychiatric characteristics of patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy eligible for epilepsy surgery and any changes in these parameters over time after surgery. Additionally, the study seeks to describe the levels of quality of life, dissociative experiences, prevalence of various psychiatric symptoms, irritability, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and stigma perception in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy eligible for epilepsy surgery and any changes over time after surgery.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria4
- Patients aged 18 or older at the time of enrollment;
- Patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy followed at the Institute for at least 6 months;
- Patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy eligible for epilepsy surgery;
- Patients capable of providing informed consent to participate in the study and for the processing of personal data.
Exclusion Criteria1
- Patients with evident and/or diagnosed cognitive or psychiatric disorders that prevent participation in an interview, proper understanding of informed consent, or completion of questionnaires.
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Interventions
The following assessment tools will be proposed to patients: * Quality of Life in Epilepsy (QOLIE-31)26 * Dissociative Experience Scale (DES)27 * Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90)28 * Irritability Questionnaire (I-EPI)29 * Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II)30 * State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Y-1 e Y-2 (STAI)31 * Epilepsy Stigma Scale modificata32 These assessment tools are validated and used universally, and will allow the collection of information on the psychological and psychiatric functioning of the patients.
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NCT06792383