Association between Frequency of Seizures and Number of Antiseizure Medications (ASM) in Patients with Epilepsy.

The literature has shown the relevance of nutritional and metabolic aspects in patients with epilepsy. This study evaluated the relationship between clinical variables and plasma proteins and compared the variables between seizure frequency and neurological examination. A pilot study was carried out with eighty-four (n = 84) adults patients with epilepsy.

The Number of Antiseizure Medications Taken and not the Lipid Profile was Associated with Seizure Control in Adult Patients with Epilepsy.

Previous studies show changes in lipid metabolism in epilepsy. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between lipid profile and clinical variables in adult patients with epilepsy (APE). Seventy-two APE participated in this pilot study at an outpatient neurology service.

Brief multidimensional measure of spirituality/religiousness, self-esteem, quality of life, and epilepsy.

Introduction: The relationships between religiousness/spirituality (RS), self-esteem, and quality of life (QoL) in adult people with epilepsy (PWEs) have not been studied in detail.

Methods: This cross-sectional study assessed RS using the brief multidimensional measure of religiousness/spirituality (BMMRS) scores of 86 PWEs. These scores were compared to 58 individuals in the control group (CG).

Older adults with epilepsy: memory complaints and objective neuropsychological performance.

Introduction: People with epilepsy frequently complain of poor memory.

Objective: To assess the occurrence of memory complaints in older adults with epilepsy (OAE) and whether it is associated with clinical variables, objective cognitive performance, and quality of life (QoL).

Methods: The Memory Complaint Questionnaire (MAC-Q) was related to objective cognitive performance, the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E), the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-31), and the clinical characteristics of 83 OAE.

Epilepsy characteristics and cognitive, social, and mood functions in relation to intrinsic religiosity.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to relate the Intrinsic Religiosity Inventory (IRI) with clinical epilepsy variables, the occurrence of depressive symptoms, and the quality of life (QoL) of 169 adult people with epilepsy (PWEs). Data were compared with those of a similar control group (CG) without psychiatric disorders, with p < 0.05.

Cognition and epilepsy: Cognitive screening test.

Unlabelled: Cognitive deficits often occur in people with epilepsy (PWE). However, in Brazil, PWE might not undergo neurocognitive evaluation due to the low number of validated tests available and lack of multidisciplinary teams in general epilepsy outpatient clinics.

Objective: To correlate Brief Cognitive Battery-Edu (BCB-Edu) scores with epilepsy characteristics of 371 PWE.

Resilience, quality of life, and clinical aspects of patients with epilepsy.

Unlabelled: Clinical and psychosocial factors can influence the quality of life (QoL) of patients with epilepsy (PWE).

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the Resilience Scale (RS) and the QOLIE-31 (Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory), Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy, and clinical aspects of 137 PWE, at a significance level of p < 0.05.

Epilepsy, stigma, and family.

Epilepsy is surrounded by prejudice and stigma. Little is known about the perception of stigma by cohabiting relatives (CR) of people with epilepsy (PWE). The study investigated whether the Stigma Scale of Epilepsy (SSE) scores of 90 CR and 148 adult PWE were related to the PWE's clinical aspects and QOLIE-31 at a significance level of p<0.

Physical activity, stigma, and quality of life in patients with epilepsy.

Indication of physical activity (PA) for people with epilepsy (PWE) is debatable. This study investigated whether the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) score is related to the clinical aspects of epilepsy, QOLIE-31, and the Stigma Scale of Epilepsy (SSE) score of 67 PWE at a significance level of 5% (p<0.05).

Major depressive episode, cognition, and epilepsy.

Purpose: In patients with epilepsy (PWE), relationships between depression, epilepsy characteristics, and cognitive aspects are complex. This study aimed to assess the occurrence of possible major depressive episode in PWE and to verify whether it is associated with the clinical aspects of the disease and cognition.

Methods: Two hundred consecutive PWE with a mean age and standard deviation of 47.

Religiosity aspects in patients with epilepsy.

The objectives of this study were to assess religiosity aspects in patients with epilepsy (PWEs) and controls and to determine whether such aspects were related to the samples' clinical, sociodemographic, and QOL-31 data. The Duke Religion Index was administered to 159 adult PWEs and 50 controls. The relationships between the Duke Religion Index and the study variables of the two groups were compared.

Marital status of patients with epilepsy: factors and quality of life.

Purpose: The study investigated how marital status relates to clinical aspects and quality of life (QOL) in patients with epilepsy (PWE).

Method: The clinical data and Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-31) scores of 252 PWE were regressed against their marital status with a significance level of 5% (p < 0.05).

Spirituality aspects in patients with epilepsy.

Purpose: Do epilepsy and spirituality interact? This study aimed to determine whether an easy-to-administer scale, such as the spirituality self-rating scale (SSRS), could detect increased religiousness in people with epilepsy and verify how epilepsy influences spirituality.

Methods: A total of 196 consecutive patients with epilepsy (epilepsy group, EG) with a mean age and standard deviation of 46.5 ± 14.

Spiritual/religious coping in patients with epilepsy: relationship with sociodemographic and clinical aspects and quality of life.

One hundred and ten patients with epilepsy with a mean age of 45.9 were assessed by a clinical-neurological evaluation, Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory-31 (QOLIE-31), and the Spiritual/Religious Coping (SRCOPE) Scale. The objective of this study was to evaluate if patients with epilepsy used positive and/or negative spiritual/religious coping and the relationships between this type of coping and the sociodemographic and clinical aspects of epilepsy and the QOLIE-31.

Neurobehavior inventory: correlation with clinical aspects and quality of life in patients with epilepsy.

Fifty-five adult patients with epilepsy were evaluated, and the Neurobehavior Inventory (NBI) was administered. The relationship between the NBI data and clinical aspects and quality of life (QoL) was studied. The total NBI score was 58 ± 18.

Epilepsy with onset at over 50 years of age: clinical and electroencephalographic characteristics.

Epilepsy in older individuals has an elevated incidence. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the clinical, EEG and brain imaging aspects in patients showing late-onset epilepsy. Fifty-five patients with late-onset epilepsy (older than 50 years) were evaluated.

Quantitative electroencephalography power and coherence measurements in the diagnosis of mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Objective: To evaluate the contribution of quantitative electroencephalographic (qEEG) analyses in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Method: Thirty-five patients from the Neurology Outpatients Clinic of PUC-Campinas, diagnosed with AD according to the NINCDS/ADRDA were evaluated, and compared with a control group consisting of 30 individuals with no cognitive deficit. The procedures consisted of clinical-neurological, cognitive and behavioral analyses and the qEEG (absolute power and coherence).

Parkinson's disease: Impact of clinical and cognitive aspects on quality of life.

Unlabelled: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic disease manifested principally by motor signs and symptoms, but with frequent neuropsychological alterations.

Objectives: To study the relationship between clinical and cognitive aspects and the perception of quality of life (QOL) in PD patients.

Methods: Twenty consecutive patients (13 men) with idiopathic PD (mean age: 64.

Dementia and mild cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Unlabelled: The objective of this research was to assess the occurrence of cognitive impairment in 32 individuals (average age: 67.2 years old) with Parkinson' disease (PD).

Procedures: clinical-neurological assessment; modified Hoehn and Yahr staging scale (HYS); standard neuropsychological battery of CERAD (Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer' Disease); Pfeffer questionnaire; and Clinical Dementia Rating.

Autonomic seizures and autonomic status epilepticus in early onset benign childhood occipital epilepsy (Panayiotopoulos syndrome).

To study clinical and EEG features of children with ictal vomiting and no underlying brain lesions (Panayiotopoulos syndrome). The subjects were 36 children aged 2-13 years. The onset of seizures occurred between 1 and 5 years of age.