2014
Mood, anxiety, and incomplete seizure control affect quality of life after epilepsy surgery
Hamid H, Blackmon K, Cong X, Dziura J, Atlas LY, Vickrey BG, Berg AT, Bazil CW, Langfitt JT, Walczak TS, Sperling MR, Shinnar S, Devinsky O. Mood, anxiety, and incomplete seizure control affect quality of life after epilepsy surgery. Neurology 2014, 82: 887-894. PMID: 24489129, PMCID: PMC3959755, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000000183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeck Depression InventorySeizure controlOverall QOL scoreEpilepsy surgeryQuality of lifeBeck Anxiety InventoryQOL scoresOverall QoLBAI scoresMixed-model repeated-measures analysisPartial seizure controlGood seizure controlPoor seizure controlAssociation of depressionComprehensive diagnostic workupEpilepsy Inventory-89Incomplete seizure controlManagement of moodRepeated-measures analysisQoL subscoresSeizure outcomeEpilepsy centersWorse QoLDiagnostic workupPostsurgical care
2011
Long-term association between seizure outcome and depression after resective epilepsy surgery
Hamid H, Liu H, Cong X, Devinsky O, Berg AT, Vickrey BG, Sperling MR, Shinnar S, Langfitt JT, Walczak TS, Barr WB, Dziura J, Bazil CW, Spencer SS. Long-term association between seizure outcome and depression after resective epilepsy surgery. Neurology 2011, 77: 1972-1976. PMID: 22094480, PMCID: PMC3235357, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e31823a0c90.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeizure control groupExcellent seizure controlResective epilepsy surgerySeizure controlBeck Depression InventoryDepressive symptomsControl groupEpilepsy surgeryBDI scoresMixed-model repeated-measures analysisBorderline significant reductionEpilepsy surgery outcomeGood seizure controlMulticenter prospective studyLong-term improvementRepeated-measures analysisSeizure outcomeResective surgeryProspective studySurgery outcomesSevere depressionMean changeInitial improvementSurgeryCase status