OBJECTIVE: This review aims to highlight various studies focusing on the association of developing the risk of sexual dysfunction with psychiatric comorbidities, mainly depression and anxiety, that impact the quality of life in epilepsy patients.
METHODS: The search methodology involved articles from the Google Scholar and PubMed databases published between 2018 and 2023. \"Sexual dysfunction\", \"epilepsy\", \"depression\", \"anxiety\", and \"quality of life\" were the keywords used to search the articles. The Boolean operator \"AND\" and \"OR\" were used in between the keywords used. Following this, a total of 15 articles were included in the review based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria.
CONCLUSIONS: The review concluded that epilepsy patients are often affected by sexual dysfunction along with associated psychiatric comorbidities that mainly involve depression and anxiety, consequently impacting their quality of life, as demonstrated by various studies. Sexual dysfunction is a common yet underdiagnosed condition in epilepsy patients due to the stigma attached to it. Hence, neurologists must keep a high index of suspicion for this problem. Furthermore, screening and monitoring for sexual dysfunction should be added to the usual epilepsy work-up.
目的:本综述旨在强调关注发展性功能障碍与精神病合并症的风险的关联的各种研究。主要是抑郁和焦虑,影响癫痫患者的生活质量。
方法:搜索方法涉及2018年至2023年之间发布的GoogleScholar和PubMed数据库中的文章。“性功能障碍”,\"癫痫\",“抑郁症”,\"焦虑\",“生活质量”是用于搜索文章的关键词。使用的关键字之间使用了布尔运算符“AND”和“OR”。在此之后,根据纳入和排除标准,本综述共纳入15篇文章.
结论:该综述的结论是,癫痫患者通常会受到性功能障碍的影响,同时伴有主要涉及抑郁和焦虑的精神合并症,从而影响他们的生活质量,正如各种研究所证明的那样。性功能障碍是癫痫患者常见但未被诊断的疾病,因为它带有污名。因此,神经学家必须对这个问题保持高度怀疑。此外,在通常的癫痫检查中,应增加性功能障碍的筛查和监测.