目的:分析来自颞部(TLE)和颞外起源(ETE)的耐药局灶性癫痫患者,并比较他们与对照组之间的精神合并症和冲动性患病率。
方法:纳入连续研究的经视频脑电图证实的TLE和ETE患者。使用DSM-IV轴I和II诊断的结构化临床访谈(SCIDI-II)进行标准化的精神病学评估,冲动的Barrat-11量表,和贝克的抑郁症清单。进行了参数和非参数检验。
结果:73例颞叶癫痫(TLE)患者,包括21名颞外癫痫(ETE)和58名健康对照受试者。两组患者均表现出I号轴合并症的高频率:抑郁症是最常见的疾病,其次是焦虑症。此外,AxisII(人格障碍)也被诊断出,两组患者相似(p>0.05)。此外,与对照组相比,TLE和ETE组均表现出更高的冲动性评分(p<0.01)。ETE在运动因素中显示出更高的冲动性趋势(p=0.05)。在TLE患者中,癫痫发生区的左侧,以及精神疾病(抑郁症)的合并症,被发现是与较高冲动性相关的独立因素(p<0.05)。
结论:与高冲动性相关的合并抑郁是耐药性局灶性癫痫患者的行为和临床评估中需要考虑的重要问题。目的是建立一个及时的治疗。
OBJECTIVE: To analyze patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy from temporal (TLE) and extra-temporal origin (ETE) and to compare the prevalence of psychiatric comorbid disorders and impulsivity between them and a control group.
METHODS: Consecutively studied patients with TLE and ETE confirmed with Video-EEG were included. Standardized psychiatric assessment was conducted using the Structured Clinical Interview for Axis I and II diagnosis of DSM-IV (SCID I-II), the Barrat-11 scale for impulsivity, and Beck inventory for depression. Parametric and nonparametric tests were performed.
RESULTS: Seventy-three patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), 21 extra-temporal epilepsy (ETE) and 58 healthy control subjects were included. Both groups of patients showed a high frequency of Axis I comorbid psychiatric disorders: Depression was the most frequent disorder followed by Anxiety Disorders. Furthermore, Axis II (Personality disorders) were also diagnosed, similarly in both groups of patients (p > 0.05). In addition, both TLE and ETE groups presented higher impulsivity scores compared with the control group (p < 0.01). ETE showed a tendency to a higher impulsivity in the motor factor (p = 0.05). Among patients with TLE, a left laterality of the epileptogenic zone, and the presence of comorbid psychiatric disorders (depression), were found as independent factors associated with higher impulsivity (p < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: Comorbid depression associated with higher impulsivity are important issues to consider in behavioral and clinical evaluation of patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsies, with the aim to set up a prompt treatment.