Authors: L M Maisuradze L V Zhizhiashvili G V Lomidze S V Kasradze
Publish Date: 2016/02/22
Volume: 47, Issue: 6, Pages: 478-481
Abstract
As was reported sleep disorders excessive daytime sleepiness EDS in particular are frequently manifested in epilepsy insufficient attention has been devoted to this issue in clinical practice in Georgia We investigated the frequency of EDS cases among healthy individuals and epilepsy patients A questionnaire study has been conducted using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale ESS A group of 251 volunteers mean age 334 years including 135 subjects without epilepsy and 116 outpatients with this diagnosis cryptogenic focal/idiopathic generalized epilepsy without cognitive or brain abnormalities completed the above questionnaire The EDS phenomenon was found in 89 of healthy individuals and in 172 of the patients with epilepsy This problem was more frequent among the epilepsy patients treated by antiepileptic drugs AEDs The prevalence of EDS was higher among men suffering from epilepsy as compared to women with this disease In the untreated group of the newly diagnosed epilepsy patients there were more men with EDS than women having this problem The difference in the EDS occurrence between the two groups of outpatients treated and untreated with AEDs was statistically insignificant Unlike the individuals without epilepsy a gender difference in terms of the EDS frequency was revealed among the newly diagnosed patients
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