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Query: UMLS:C0149958 (complex partial seizures)
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Medicosocial aspects of 2,000 patients with epilepsy were outlined on the basis of international classification of epilepsies and epileptic seizures. 1. The incidence of secondary generalized epilepsy was higher compared with that reported previously. It was possible that we have been dealing with rather intractable epilepsy. Non-convulsive epileptic seizures should be treated as intensively as convulsive attacks. 2. Contrary to primary generalized epilepsy, secondary generalized epilepsy and partial epilepsy, a part of which was complex partial seizures, were more prone to be associated with psychological difficulties. 3. The rate of normal mentality was apparently proportional to the actual ease of employment among adult patients. Fortunately, the general attitude of education toward younger people with epilepsy was seemingly generous. However, the marital status of both sexes was far from satisfactory. The stigma might have been felt more by adult patients than younger ones. 4. It appeared to be conceivable that two-thirds of the people with epilepsy are treatable to a certain extent by adequate regimens while one-tenth are obliged to stay in residential centers for a lengthy period of time. Thus, various rehabilitation activities are indicated for one-fourth of the patient population. Actual strategy for rehabilitation of epileptics should be individually designed in accordance with the natural history of each epilepsy.
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PMID:Medicosocial aspect of people with epilepsy in Japan--a survey from standpoint of epilepsy center. 52 Sep 58

This study sought to investigate the relationship between parental psychopathology and health-related quality of life in a group of Nigerian adolescents with epilepsy. The participants were 86 adolescents with epilepsy (50 males, 36 females; mean age 14y 5mo [SD 2y 1mo]; age range 12-18y). There were 54 (62.8%) adolescents with complex partial seizures, six (7.0%) with simple partial seizures, 14 (16.3%) with generalized tonic-clonic seizures, four (4.7%) with absence seizures, and eight (9.2%) with other types of seizure. They completed the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory for Adolescents (QOLIE-AD-48). Parents also completed the General Health Questionnaire, Zung's Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, and Zung's Self-Rating Depressive Scale as measures of their psychopathology. Factors correlating with poor overall quality of life in the adolescents include longer duration of illness, large number of antiepileptic drugs, more severe medication toxicity, and psychopathology in the parents. General psychopathology in parents is significantly associated with QOLIE-AD-48 subscales of Epilepsy Impact (r=0.527, p<0.001), Attitude (r=0.214, p=0.047), Physical Function (r=0.417, p<0.001), Stigma (r=0.305, p=0.004), Social Support (r=0.365, p=0.001), and School Behaviour (r=0.220, p=0.042). There is a possibility of a cross-cultural difference on the effect of epilepsy on the quality of life of adolescents. Psychopathology in parents is significantly associated with poorer quality of life of these adolescents. Physicians should consider this, therefore, when planning intervention strategies in improving the quality of life in adolescents with epilepsy.
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PMID:Parental psychopathology and self-rated quality of life in adolescents with epilepsy in Nigeria. 1678 Jun 31