Objective: Acute symptomatic seizures (ASyS) after stroke are not uncommon. However, the impact of ASyS and its management with anti-seizure medications (ASMs) on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) remains poorly investigated. The objective of our study is to evaluate the association between PROMs and ASyS and ASMs following stroke.
Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of all stroke patients who underwent inpatient continuous EEG (cEEG) monitoring performed due to suspected ASyS, including the ones with observed convulsive ASyS, from 04/01/2012 to 03/31/2018, who completed PROMs within 6 months of hospital discharge. Patient-reported outcome measures, including one Neuro-QoL and six PROMIS v1.0 domain scales, were completed by patients as the standard of care in ambulatory stroke clinics. Since ASMs are sometimes used without clearly diagnosed ASyS, we performed group comparisons based on ASM status at discharge, irrespective of their ASyS status. T-tests or Wilcoxon rank sum tests compared continuous variables across groups and chi-square tests or Fisher's exact tests were used for categorical variables.
Results: A total of 508 patients were included in the study [mean age 62.0 ± 14.1 years, 51.6% female; 244 (48.0%) ischemic stroke, 165 (32.5%) intracerebral hemorrhage, and 99 (19.5%) subarachnoid hemorrhage]. A total of 190 (37.4%) patients were discharged on ASMs. At the time of the first PROM, conducted a median of 47 (IQR = 33-78) days after the suspected ASyS, and 162 (31.9%) were on ASMs. ASM use was significantly higher in patients diagnosed with ASyS. Physical Function and Satisfaction with Social Roles and Activities were the most affected health domains. Patient-reported outcome measures were not significantly different between groups based on ASyS (electrographic and/or convulsive), ASM use at hospital discharge, or ASM status on the day of PROM completion.
Significance: There were no differences in multiple domain-specific PROMs in patients with recent stroke according to ASyS status or ASM use suggesting the possible lack of the former's sensitivity to detect their impact. Additional research is necessary to determine if there is a need for developing ASyS-specific PROMs.
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