ArticleTurkish journal of medical sciences2026
Posttraumatic stress in newly diagnosed epilepsy: associations with early maladaptive schemas, anxiety, and quality of life in a 6-month prospective study.
Article in Turkish journal of medical sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background/aim: Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that significantly affects psychosocial functioning, self-perception, and quality of life. Emerging evidence suggests that posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms may be more prevalent in individuals with epilepsy than previously recognized, particularly following seizure-related experiences perceived as traumatic. The aim of this study was to evaluate short- and long-term PTS levels in individuals with newly diagnosed epilepsy and examine their associations with anxiety, depression, early maladaptive schemas, and quality of life. Materials and methods: In this prospective study, 31 individuals with newly diagnosed epilepsy were enrolled. Participants completed a sociodemographic data form, the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5, the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form 3, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory. Statistical analyses were performed with significance set at p < 0.05. Results: Anxiety showed the strongest association with PTS symptoms at both the first- and sixth-month assessments. The Enmeshment/Dependence schema was also significantly associated with higher PTS levels, and increased total schema scores correlated with greater traumatic stress. Female sex was associated with higher PTS scores. Quality of life showed significant declines, particularly in cognitive functioning, overall health status, and overall quality of life, and these declines were negatively correlated with PTS symptom severity. Conclusion: PTS symptoms in newly diagnosed epilepsy are closely associated with anxiety, early maladaptive cognitive schemas, and impaired quality of life. These findings emphasize the importance of incorporating trauma-informed psychiatric assessment and early psychological interventions into routine epilepsy care, in addition to seizure management.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.