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- Prevalence of fatigue in PWE. *PWE = Patients with epilepsy
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- Correlation between FSS and PHQ-9 scores.
Tables
Characteristics n % Sex Female 131 50.6 Male 128 49.4 Age (year) ≤20 25 9.7 21–30 110 42.5 31–40 96 37.0 41–50 26 10.0 >50 2 0.7 Mean ± SD 30.2±8.6 Handedness Left 27 10.4 Right 232 89.6 Education level Below high school 24 9.3 High school 93 35.9 Graduate 136 52.5 Postgraduate 6 2.3 Marital status Single 124 47.9 Married 126 48.6 Divorced 7 2.7 Widowed 2 0.8 Employed No 104 40.2 Yes 155 59.8 Work timing Day time 130 83.8 Shifts (morning, evening, or night) 25 16.1 Characteristic N (%) Years of epilepsy 1–5 55 (21.2) 5–10 62 (23.9) 10–20 86 (33.2) >20 56 (21.6) Epilepsy classification Focal 173 (66.8) Generalized 74 (28.6) Unclassified 12 (4.6) Focal epilepsy localization 173 (66.8) Temporal 81 (46.8) Frontal 46 (26.5) Partial 18 (10.4) Occipital 11 (6.3) Insular 4 (2.3) Others (e.g. multi-lobar, or pineal) 13 (7.5) MRI Non-lesional 136 (52.5) Lesional 123 (47.5) Seizure Control Uncontrolled (last seizure ≤ 1 year) 156 (60.2) Controlled (last seizure >1 year) 103 (39.7) Seizure frequency over last 6 months for patients with uncontrolled seizures (n = 156) Daily 15 (9.6) Weekly 22 (14.1) Monthly 42 (26.9) Once in 3–6 months 77 (49.3) Number of current ASMs One 100 (38.6) Two 94 (36.3) Three or more 65 (25.1) ASM compliance Good 228 (88.0) Poor 31 (12.0) Frequency of missing ASM in poor complaint group (n=31) Almost daily 13 (41.9) Weekly 12 (38.7) Monthly 6 (19.4) Previous Epilepsy surgery 27 (10.4) History of ED visits due to breakthrough seizure 126 (48.6) History of ICU admission due to SE 47 (18.1) History of seizure-related trauma 80 (31.1) Demographics FSS P-value No Fatigue (score: <4) Fatigue (score: ≥4) n (%) Sex Female 74 (56.5) 57 (43.5) 0.002 Male 96 (75.0) 32 (25.0) Age (year) ≤20 15 (60.0) 10 (40.0) 0.418 21–30 78 (70.9) 32 (29.1) 31–40 58 (60.4) 38 (39.6) 41–50 17 (65.4) 9 (34.6) >50 2 (100.0) 0 (0.0) Handedness Left 19 (70.4) 8 (29.6) 0.58 Right 151 (65.1) 81 (34.9) Education level Below high school 13 (54.2) 11 (45.8) 0.333 High school 58 (62.4) 35 (37.6) Graduate 94 (69.1) 42 (30.9) Postgraduate 5 (83.3) 1 (16.7) Marital status Single 83 (66.9) 41 (33.1) 0.116 Married 84 (66.7) 42 (33.3) Divorced\widow 3 (33.3) 6 (66.7) Employed/studying: No 65 (62.2) 39 (37.5) 0.384 Yes 105 (67.7) 50 (32.3) Work timing Day time 88 (67.7) 42 (32.3) 0.63 Shifts (morning, evening, or night) 16 (69.6) 7 (30.4) *FSS=Fatigue severity scale
Epilepsy characteristics FSS P-value No Fatigue (score: <4) Fatigue (score: ≥4) n (%) Epilepsy classification Focal 111 (64.2) 62 (35.8) 0.398 Generalized 49 (66.2) 25 (33.8) Unclassified 10 (83.3) 2 (16.7) MRI Non-lesional 91 (66.9) 45 (33.1) 0.65 Lesional 79 (64.2) 44 (35.8) Seizure Control Uncontrolled 89 (57.1) 67 (42.9) <0.001 Controlled 81 (78.6) 22 (21.4) Seizure frequency over the last 6 months in patients with uncontrolled seizure Daily 7 (46.7) 8 (53.3) 0.61 Weekly 9 (40.9) 13 (59.1) Monthly 28 (66.7) 14 (33.3) Once in 3–6 months 45 (58.4) 32 (41.6) Number of current ASMs One 69 (69.0) 31 (31.0) 0.604 Two 61 (64.9) 33 (35.1) Three or more 40 (61.5) 25 (38.5) ASM compliance Good 152 (66.7) 76 (33.3) 0.344 Poor 18 (58.1) 13 (41.9) Frequency of missing ASM in the poor complaint group Almost daily 10 (77.0) 3 (23.0) 0.03 Weekly 5 (41.7) 7 (58.3) Monthly 3 (50.0) 3 (50.0) Previous epilepsy surgery No 149 (64.2) 83 (35.8) 0.16 Yes 21 (77.8) 6 (22.2) History of ED visits due to breakthrough seizure No 85 (63.9) 48 (36.1) 0.55 Yes 85 (67.5) 41 (32.5) History of ICU admission due to SE No 138 (65.1) 74 (34.9) 0.69 Yes 32 (68.1) 15 (31.9) History of seizure-related trauma No 120 (67) 59 (33) 0.48 Yes 50 (62.5) 30 (37.5)
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