Purpose: To describe the prevalence and associated factors of mental health problems in secondary school-aged (11-16 years) children with epilepsy and their primary caregivers compared to a control group without epilepsy.
Methods: Children with epilepsy (n = 60), controls (n = 49), and caregivers (n = 60 epilepsy and n = 49 control group) completed a measure of the child's mental health (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; SDQ). Primary caregivers in both groups completed a measure of their own mental health (Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21; DASS-21). Factors associated with child and caregiver mental health in the epilepsy group were explored using linear regression.
Results: There were no significant differences between the epilepsy and control group regarding age, gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. A higher proportion of children with epilepsy scored in the at-risk range on the SDQ indicating more mental health problems than the control group, as reported by the children (45% vs. 24 %) (p = 0.026) and caregivers (52% vs. 14 %) (p < 0.001). Primary caregivers of children with epilepsy had more symptoms of depression (p = 0.001), anxiety (p = 0.028) and stress (p = 0.019) than caregivers in the control group. Children with epilepsy with greater motor coordination problems had greater mental health difficulties. Children with epilepsy with more mental health difficulties had caregivers with more difficulties and caregivers of children with earlier onset of seizures had more mental health difficulties.
Conclusions: Epilepsy confers a high risk for mental health problems in adolescents and their primary caregivers. There is a need to better understand the relationship between caregiver and child mental health difficulties in epilepsy.
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