ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Perceived stigma, discrimination and psychological problems among patients with epilepsy.
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- Attitudes and misconceptions surrounding epilepsy and first aid of seizures in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Health-related quality of life and its predictors among epilepsy patients in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of the effectiveness of epilepsy education programs on knowledge, attitudes, and skills among primary school learners.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Lived experiences that influence the quality of life among patients with epilepsy at Mulago National Referral Hospital.Epilepsy & behavior reports · 2026Article
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- Medication Adherence and Quality of Life in Epilepsy: The Potential Role of Seizure Severity in the Association Between Them.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics and factors associated with psychiatric comorbidity among people with epilepsy in Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture of China: a cross-sectional study.Acta epileptologica · 2026Article
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- Health-related quality of life and associated factors among patients living with epilepsy of Mekelle City Hospitals, Northern Ethiopia: a multicenter observational study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Observational
- Depression in older adults with epilepsy: Pathophysiology and management considerations.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2025Review
- Factors influencing seizure control of patients with convulsive epilepsy in rural areas of northwest China.Epilepsia open · 2025Article
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- Factors influencing self-management in patients with epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Cognitive and neurobehavioral phenotypes of post 9/11 veterans with epilepsy and mild traumatic brain injury.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Bibliometric analysis of research in epilepsy and comorbid depression from 2014 to 2023.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Determinants of quality of life in adults with epilepsy: a multicenter, cross-sectional study from Germany.Neurological research and practice · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: The current study sought to investigate the effects of perceived stigma and discrimination on epilepsy patients' psychological problems, such as depression, anxiety, and quality of life. Study design: A purposive sampling technique was used in this cross-sectional study. Materials and methods: The sample consisted of 186 patients with epilepsy. The Stigma Scale, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, and Quality of life in Epilepsy-10 were used to measure the study variables. Results: Findings showed that both the perception of stigma and discrimination have a significant positive correlation with depression as well as anxiety. Stigma is a significant positive predictor of depression and anxiety at [F (1, 184) = 27.8, 15.92, Conclusions: Stigma is significantly higher in epileptic patients and has a detrimental effect on the patient's quality of life, recovery, and prognosis. Thus, there is undoubtedly a need to address psychological issues, most notably the stigma associated with illnesses. Psychologists, psychiatrists, other physicians, and care givers of epileptic patients must pay close attention to the stigma in this patient population.
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