Multidisciplinary management improves anxiety, depression, medication adherence, and quality of life among patients with epilepsy in eastern China: A prospective study
Zheng Y, Ding X, Guo Y, Chen Q, Wang W, Zheng Y, Wang S, Ding Y, Ding M. Multidisciplinary management improves anxiety, depression, medication adherence, and quality of life among patients with epilepsy in eastern China: A prospective study. Epilepsy & Behavior 2019, 100: 106400. PMID: 31634729, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.07.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnticonvulsantsAnxietyChinaCombined Modality TherapyDepressionEpilepsyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInterdisciplinary CommunicationMaleMedication AdherenceMiddle AgedPatient Care TeamProspective StudiesPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesQuality of LifeSelf ReportSingle-Blind MethodTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsQuality of lifeMedication adherenceIntervention groupMultidisciplinary programBeck Anxiety InventoryBeck Depression InventoryEight-item Morisky Medication Adherence ScaleMorisky Medication Adherence ScaleEpilepsy specialist nursesOverall QOLIE-31 scoreSelf-reported seizure frequencyMedication Adherence ScaleQOLIE-31 scoresAntiepileptic drug adherenceSpecialist nursesMMAS-8Epilepsy-31Adherence ScaleSeverity of depressionQOLIE-31Anxiety InventoryTertiary hospitalDepression InventorySevere depressionPsychiatric comorbidities