Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of patients with epilepsy attended at a regional reference psychiatric emergency unit

IF 2 4区医学 Q3 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY Epilepsy Research Pub Date : 2024-04-28 DOI:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2024.107369

Bruno Soleman Maritan , Giovanna Favaretto , Bruna Tarifa , Fernanda Menezes de Faria , Leonardo Ferreira Antônio , Mayra Folgosi Ricci , Gerardo Maria de Araújo Filho

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Abstract

Objective

Epilepsy is one of the most prevalent chronic neurological diseases, presenting a high frequency of psychiatric disorders (PD). This study sought to evaluate the clinical and sociodemographic profile of patients with epilepsy (PWE) attended at a regional reference psychiatric emergency unit.

Methods

A retrospective, cross-sectional, and descriptive observational study was conducted utilizing a patient record database of individuals with epilepsy who were attended in a regional reference psychiatric emergency unit between January 2018 and August 2022.

Results

Out of the 31,800 psychiatric emergency visits, 260 (0.8 %) were of patients with epilepsy (ICD-10: G40). The majority were males (63.5 %) with a mean age of 42.11±15.39 years, single marital status (154; 59.25 %) and elementary education (75; 28.9 %). Most of them (203; 78.1 %) presented at least one psychiatric comorbidity at the emergency visit, but 109 (41.9 %) were not receiving any psychiatric follow-up. A total of 106 patients (40.8 %) had experienced at least one past psychiatric hospitalization.

Conclusions

The occurrence of PD is highly prevalent in PWE, and probably with a high frequency of psychiatric emergencies occurring among them. Further studies are needed to assess such patient profile, particularly involving data from psychiatric emergency units.

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在地区精神病急诊室就诊的癫痫患者的临床和社会人口特征

目标癫痫是最常见的慢性神经系统疾病之一，是一种高发的精神疾病（PD）。本研究旨在评估在地区参考精神科急诊室就诊的癫痫患者（PWE）的临床和社会人口学特征。研究方法利用2018年1月至2022年8月期间在地区参考精神科急诊室就诊的癫痫患者的病历数据库，开展了一项回顾性、横断面和描述性观察研究。大多数患者为男性（63.5%），平均年龄（42.11±15.39）岁，单身（154；59.25%），小学文化（75；28.9%）。其中大部分患者（203 人；78.1%）在急诊就诊时至少患有一种精神疾病，但有 109 人（41.9%）没有接受任何精神疾病随访。共有 106 名患者（40.8%）过去至少经历过一次精神病住院治疗。需要进一步研究来评估此类患者的情况，尤其是涉及精神科急诊室数据的研究。

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Epilepsy Research 医学-临床神经学

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期刊介绍： Epilepsy Research provides for publication of high quality articles in both basic and clinical epilepsy research, with a special emphasis on translational research that ultimately relates to epilepsy as a human condition. The journal is intended to provide a forum for reporting the best and most rigorous epilepsy research from all disciplines ranging from biophysics and molecular biology to epidemiological and psychosocial research. As such the journal will publish original papers relevant to epilepsy from any scientific discipline and also studies of a multidisciplinary nature. Clinical and experimental research papers adopting fresh conceptual approaches to the study of epilepsy and its treatment are encouraged. The overriding criteria for publication are novelty, significant clinical or experimental relevance, and interest to a multidisciplinary audience in the broad arena of epilepsy. Review articles focused on any topic of epilepsy research will also be considered, but only if they present an exceptionally clear synthesis of current knowledge and future directions of a research area, based on a critical assessment of the available data or on hypotheses that are likely to stimulate more critical thinking and further advances in an area of epilepsy research.