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A prospective case control study of psychiatric disorders in adults with epilepsy and intellectual disability

Turky, Amna, Felce, David John, Jones, Glyn and Kerr, Michael Patrick 2011. A prospective case control study of psychiatric disorders in adults with epilepsy and intellectual disability. Epilepsia 52 (7) , pp. 1223-1230. 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03044.x

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Abstract

Purpose: No study to date has prospectively investigated the impact of epilepsy on psychiatric disorders among adults with an intellectual disability (ID). This study aimed to determine prospectively the influence of epilepsy on the development of psychiatric disorders in adults with ID. Method: Psychiatric symptoms were measured prospectively over a 1-year period among 45 adults with ID and active epilepsy and 45 adults with ID without epilepsy, matched on level of ID. The 1-year incidence rate (IR) of commonly occurring Axis 1 psychiatric disorders was compared with and without controlling for possible confounding factors. Total psychiatric symptom scores over the period were compared between the two groups using repeated-measures analysis of covariance. Key Findings: Adults with epilepsy and ID had a more than seven times increased risk for developing psychiatric disorders, particularly depression and unspecified disorders of presumed organic origin, including dementia, over a 1-year period compared to those with ID only. Comparison of the psychiatric scores showed the epilepsy group to have significantly higher unspecified disorder and depression symptom scores. Significance: The findings point to an increased risk of depression and unspecified disorders, including dementia, among adults with ID and epilepsy. Further exploration of the nature and treatment of these unspecified disorders may help the care of people with epilepsy and ID.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Uncontrolled Keywords: Psychiatric disorders; Epilepsy; Intellectual disability; Prospective case control study
Publisher: Wiley
ISSN: 0013-9580
Last Modified: 30 Jun 2017 02:23
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/27383

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