Long-term mood, quality of life, and seizure freedom in intracranial EEG epilepsy surgery

O Swarup; A Waxmann; J Chu; S Vogrin; A Lai; J Laing; J Barker; L Seiderer; S Ignatiadis; C Plummer; R Carne; U Seneviratne; M Cook; M Murphy; W D'Souza

Journal article

Long-term mood, quality of life, and seizure freedom in intracranial EEG epilepsy surgery

O Swarup, A Waxmann, J Chu, S Vogrin, A Lai, J Laing, J Barker, L Seiderer, S Ignatiadis, C Plummer, R Carne, U Seneviratne, M Cook, M Murphy, W D'Souza

Epilepsy and Behavior | Published : 2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108241

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the long-term outcomes in patients undergoing intracranial EEG (iEEG) evaluation for epilepsy surgery in terms of seizure freedom, mood, and quality of life at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne. Methods: Patients who underwent iEEG between 1999 and 2016 were identified. Patients were retrospectively assessed between 2014 and 2017 by specialist clinic record review and telephone survey with standardized validated questionnaires for: 1) seizure freedom using the Engel classification; 2) Mood using the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E); 3) Quality-of-life outcomes using the QOLIE-10 questionnaire. Summary statistics and univariate analysi..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Simon Vogrin Author

Alan Lai Author

Sophia Ignatiadis Author

Udaya Seneviratne Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and The University of Melbourne. Thank you to Beth Eddy and SophiaIgnatiadis at St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria for facilitation with data access.