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The evaluation of the personality characteristics of epileptic patients

Epileptik bireylerin kişilik özelliklerinin değerlendirilmesi

Pages
200–205
Publication Date
2022-10-10
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The results of the presented study give the impression that it will be valuable to design further studies to compare the psychological profile of epileptic patients with the posttraumatic stress disorder group.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Psychiatric disturbances have been reported in a considerable number of epileptic patients.
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Abstract

Psychiatric disturbances have been reported in a considerable number of epileptic patients. The duration of the disease, frequency and type of the seizure; the duration, dosage and type of the medication have been proposed as the risk factors for the development of psychiatric disturbances. In the present study 50 epileptic patients without any other neurological diseases or intracranial surgery and 60 controls without any seizures or neurological diseases history have been included. Social and demographic data in all of the cases and also clinical data in epileptic patients have been noted. Multiple Minesota Personality Inventory (MMPI) has been completed for all of the patients and control cases. Epileptic patients and control group have been compared according to the MMPI scores. Our findings confirmed that epileptic patients were more paranoid, depressive and socially introverted than controls. Patients either with secondary generalization or with frequent seizures were more paranoid and more socially introverted than all of the other groups. Psychological profile of epileptic patients should be evaluated in the light of the fact that each seizure is a psychological trauma for the patient, which repeatedly occurs. The results of the presented study give the impression that it will be valuable to design further studies to compare the psychological profile of epileptic patients with the posttraumatic stress disorder group.

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Epilepsi ile beraber psikiyatrik bozukluklar seyrek olmayarak görülür ve bazı hastalarda kişilik değişikliklerine neden olabilir. Hastalığın süresi, nöbetin tipi, nöbet sıklığının yanı sıra, kullanılan ilacın türü, ilaç kullanım süresi ve dozu gibi bir çok değişkenin epilepsi hastalarındaki kişilik özelliklerini etkilediği öne sürülmüştür. Bu çalışmada epilepsi tanısı ile takip edilen ve herhangi bir intrakraniyal cerrahi yapılmamış olan 50 hastanın ve herhangi bir nöbet ya da nörolojik hastalık öyküsü bulunmayan 60 kontrolün sosyodemografik ve klinik özellikleri kaydedildi. Tüm olgularda Multiple Minesota Personality Inventory (MMPI) uygulandı. Epileptik hastalar ve kontrol grubunun MMPI skorları istatistik olarak karşılaştırıldı. Sonuçta, epileptik hasta grubu normal kontrollere göre ve sekonder olarak jeneralize olan ve ayda ikiden fazla nöbet geçiren hastalar diğer tüm gruplara göre daha çökkün, paranoid ve sosyal olarak içe dönük bulundu. Epileptik hastaların psikolojik özellikleri değerlendirilirken her nöbetin hasta için tekrarlayan bir stres kaynağı olduğu unutulmamalıdır. Bu çalışmanın sonuçları epileptik hastalarla posttravmatik stres bozukluğu olan hastaların psikolojik özelliklerinin kıyaslandığı çalışmaların planlanmasının gerekli olduğunu düşündürmektedir.

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NEYAL, M., HENGİRMEN, A., ESGİ, K., NEYAL, A., YETKİN, Ö. E., HERKEN, H. (2022). The evaluation of the personality characteristics of epileptic patients. Anadolu Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 2 - Sayı: 3, 200–205. https://ajindex.com/articles/438195

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