Depression, anxiety levels and sleep quality indexes among the spouses of people with epilepsy

摘要: Background Psychiatric problems and sleep disturbances are comorbidities that frequently encountered among people with epilepsy. However, their presence the spouses of peoples epilepsy remains to be elucidated. Objective The objective this study was evaluate (PWE), without a history seizures during sleep, in terms depression, anxiety quality. Methods This prospective, cross-sectional conducted three groups 18 65-year-olds. Group 1 consisted healthy 127 volunteers any known neurological disease; group 2 comprised 63 PWE who had no seizure sleep; 3 at least one course previous year. Questionnaires seeking demographic data Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Beck Depression Inventory Anxiety were applied all participants. Results depression scores higher than those control (p = 0.017). significantly group, but difference found between 0.170). mean PSQI score 0.029). regression analyses did not show these groups. Conclusion We scores, which reflected quality, more severe