Forms of anxiety in patients with epilepsy
- Conditions
- G40.2Localization-related (focal)(partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures
- Registration Number
- DRKS00026032
- Lead Sponsor
- Epilepsiezentrum, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 185
Inclusion Criteria
1. Good German language skills
2. The patient is undergoing treatment for focal epilepsy at the University Hospital Freiburg
3. At least 50% of the study patients have a form of epilepsy that originates in the limbic system
4. The patient was diagnosed with epilepsy over two years ago
Exclusion Criteria
1. Lack of informed consent
2. Pre-existing psychiatric condition that is not associated with the patient’s epilepsy
3. IQ < 70
4. Lack of ability for self-introspection
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method A qualitative description of patients’ experiences with anxiety (including existential fears) in association with their epilepsy.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method As a supplement to the qualitative methods, the following secondary endpoints will be investigated to enable the assessment of potential correlations with psychological, medical and social data : general demographic, biographic and clinical data; different forms of anxiety as derived from the assessments in the present study; psychiatric comorbidities; social isolation/loneliness; quality of life; locus of control, interoceptive sensitivity