Reliability and validity of the Taiwanese version of the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (Tw-NDDI-E)

In patients with epilepsy (PWE), medical or psychiatric co-morbidities are common[1 –4]. The risk of psychiatric co-morbidities in PWE is approximately 2-3-fold higher than that in the general population[5]. Depression is the most commonly seen psychiatric co-morbidity of epilepsy. The prevalence of depression in PWE was higher than that in a matched population of healthy control s, ranging from 20 to 55% in patients with active epilepsy[6,7]. Depression in PWE has adverse effects on seizure control, quality of life, and health care costs[8].
Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research