Impulsiveness, personality traits and executive functioning in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.

Purpose: To evaluate impulsiveness in adult patients with JME and its relationship with personality traits and executive functioning.

Methods: Patients completed psychiatric evaluation (DSM IV), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11), Neo Revised Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) and executive functioning evaluation comprising Controlled Oral Word Association (COWA), Digit Span, Trail Making Tests (TMT), Stroop Test (ST) and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WSCT). Healthy controls (63 % female, mean age 35.