Screening for depression in youth with epilepsy: The NDDI‐E‐Y

The effect of quarantine due to Covid-19 pandemic on seizure frequency in 102 adult people with epilepsy from Apulia and Basilicata regions, Southern Italy

“…Moreover, to explore the entire epilepsy spectrum and according to their seizure frequency and treatment response, PwE were divided into four groups: A) cases responding to treatment with ≤ 1 seizure per year; B) cases responding to treatment with 2–5 seizure per year; C) cases with drug-resistant epilepsy with ≤ 4 seizures per month; D) cases with drug-resistant epilepsy with 5–10 seizures per month. Finally, eligible PwE underwent several self-report questionnaires regarding therapeutic compliance (Morisky Scale) [ 10 ], mood (Generalized Anxiety Disorder – GAD-7, Patient Health Questionnaire – PHQ9, Neurological Disorder Depression – NDDI-E) [ [11] , [12] , [13] ], stress (Impact of Events Scale-Revised – IES-R, Perceived Stress Scale – PSS-10) [ 14 , 15 ], and sleep (Epworth Sleepinees Scale – ESS, Insomnia Severity Index – ISI) [ 16 , 17 ], during quarantine period. PwE were subjected to standardized telephonic or via telemedicine interview and each questionnaire was self-administered.…”