Depressive Symptoms in Older Versus Younger People with epilepsy: Findings from An Integrated Epilepsy Self-Management Clinical Research Dataset

Authors

Zaira Khalid, Case Western Reserve University
Hasina Momotaz, Case Western Reserve UniversityFollow
Farren Briggs, Case Western Reserve UniversityFollow
Kristin A. Cassidy, Case Western Reserve UniversityFollow
Betsy K. Wilson, Case Western Reserve University
Martha Sajatovic, Case Western Reserve UniversityFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

Martha Sajatovic

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2019

Abstract

Aim: There are limited data on psychological outcomes in older people with epilepsy (PWE). This analysis, from a large pooled dataset of clinical studies from the Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Network, examined clinical variables including depressive symptom severity, quality of life and epilepsy self-management competency among older (age 55+) vs younger (

Keywords

database, depression, epilepsy, quality of life, self-management

Language

English

Publication Title

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Grant

48DP005030

Rights

© The Author(s) 2019. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Recommended Citation

Khalid Z, Momotaz H, Briggs F, Cassidy KA, Chaytor NS, Fraser RT, Janevic MR, Jobst B, Johnson EK, Scal P, Spruill TM, Wilson BK, Sajatovic M. Depressive Symptoms in Older versus Younger People with Epilepsy: Findings from an Integrated Epilepsy Self-Management Clinical Research Dataset. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2019 Dec 3;12:981-988. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S227184. PMID: 31839708; PMCID: PMC6904884.