Psychiatric Comorbidities Among Patients with Epilepsy in Montenegro

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities, depression and anxiety, among patients with epilepsy in the outpatient Clinic for Epilepsy, Clinical Centre of Montenegro. Patients aged 18 and above with a diagnosis of epilepsy for at least one year were consecutively enrolled during a six-month period. Patients anonymously filled out a questionnaire which included data on the gender, age, education, marital status and degree of seizure control. The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) were used to evaluate the presence or absence of anxiety and depression. Total number of study patients was 70, including 52 patients with partial seizures and 18 patients with generalized tonic-clonic seizures. The mean patient age was 37}7.92 years. The prevalence of depression in our sample was 32.8%, whereas the prevalence of anxiety was 21.4%. Patients with partial seizures were more depressed, while those with idiopathic generalized seizures were more anxious (p
Cilj ovoga istraživanja bio je ispitati učestalost psihijatrijskih bolesti, depresije i anksioznosti, u bolesnika s epilepsijom u Dispanzeru za epilepsije Kliničkog centra Crne Gore. Bolesnici u dobi od 18 godina i više s dijagnozom epilepsije od najmanje jedne godine uključivani su u studiju kroz šest mjeseci. Bolesnici su ispunjavali upitnik koji je uključivao podatke o spolu, dobi, obrazovanju, bračnom stanju i stupnju kontrole napadaja. Ljestvice Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) i Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) su korištene za procjenu prisutnosti ili odsutnosti depresije i tjeskobe. Ukupno je bilo uključeno 70 bolesnika: 52 bolesnika s parcijalnim napadajima i 18 bolesnika s generaliziranim toničko-kloničkim napadajima. Prosječna dob bolesnika je bila 37}7,92 godine. Učestalost depresije u našem uzorku je bila 32,8%, dok je učestalost anksioznosti bila 21,4%. Bolesnici s parcijalnim napadajima su bili više depresivni u odnosu na bolesnike s idiopatskim generaliziranim napadajima, koji su bili anksiozniji (p