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Depressive Symptoms and Its Correlate Among Children with Epilepsy at Single-center Study in Oman

OBJECTIVES: Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder in children and comorbid depression is common. This study aimed to assess the frequency of depressive symptoms along with demographic and clinical factors in children diagnosed with epilepsy in a tertiary care institution in Oman. METHODS...

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Autores principales: Al Kiyumi, Hamood, Al-Huseini, Salim, Mirza, Hassan, Al Balushi, Naser, Al-Risi, Khalid, Al Toubi, Alsalt, Al Hosni, Amira, Al-Mashaikhi, Talal, Al Balushi, Rola, Al-Adawi, Samir
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Publicado: OMJ 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8722311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35024176
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2021.112
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author Al Kiyumi, Hamood
Al-Huseini, Salim
Mirza, Hassan
Al Balushi, Naser
Al-Risi, Khalid
Al Toubi, Alsalt
Al Hosni, Amira
Al-Mashaikhi, Talal
Al Balushi, Rola
Al-Adawi, Samir
author_facet Al Kiyumi, Hamood
Al-Huseini, Salim
Mirza, Hassan
Al Balushi, Naser
Al-Risi, Khalid
Al Toubi, Alsalt
Al Hosni, Amira
Al-Mashaikhi, Talal
Al Balushi, Rola
Al-Adawi, Samir
author_sort Al Kiyumi, Hamood
collection PubMed
description OBJECTIVES: Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder in children and comorbid depression is common. This study aimed to assess the frequency of depressive symptoms along with demographic and clinical factors in children diagnosed with epilepsy in a tertiary care institution in Oman. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted between June 2016 and August 2018 and included children (n = 75) aged 6–12 years old attending the epilepsy clinic at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman. The cohort constituted of children with epilepsy (CWE) following up at a dedicated unit. We used the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children to assess the presence of depressive symptoms. Associated factors, including history of seizure in the last three months, compliance with antiepileptic medications, and type of epilepsy were also examined. RESULTS: Depressive symptoms were endorsed in 52.0% of CWE and 96.0% were compliant to medications. Recurrent seizures were present in the last three months among 48.0% of the CWE. The type of epilepsy was significantly associated with the presence of depressive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Depression is prevalent among Omani CWE. Certain clinical factors appeared to increase the risk of depression among this population. The findings of this study fill a gap in the existing literature and call for further work aiming to explore possible tailored recognition and CWE.
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spelling pubmed-87223112022-01-11 Depressive Symptoms and Its Correlate Among Children with Epilepsy at Single-center Study in Oman Al Kiyumi, Hamood Al-Huseini, Salim Mirza, Hassan Al Balushi, Naser Al-Risi, Khalid Al Toubi, Alsalt Al Hosni, Amira Al-Mashaikhi, Talal Al Balushi, Rola Al-Adawi, Samir Oman Med J Original Articles OBJECTIVES: Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder in children and comorbid depression is common. This study aimed to assess the frequency of depressive symptoms along with demographic and clinical factors in children diagnosed with epilepsy in a tertiary care institution in Oman. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted between June 2016 and August 2018 and included children (n = 75) aged 6–12 years old attending the epilepsy clinic at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman. The cohort constituted of children with epilepsy (CWE) following up at a dedicated unit. We used the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children to assess the presence of depressive symptoms. Associated factors, including history of seizure in the last three months, compliance with antiepileptic medications, and type of epilepsy were also examined. RESULTS: Depressive symptoms were endorsed in 52.0% of CWE and 96.0% were compliant to medications. Recurrent seizures were present in the last three months among 48.0% of the CWE. The type of epilepsy was significantly associated with the presence of depressive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Depression is prevalent among Omani CWE. Certain clinical factors appeared to increase the risk of depression among this population. The findings of this study fill a gap in the existing literature and call for further work aiming to explore possible tailored recognition and CWE. OMJ 2021-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8722311/ /pubmed/35024176 http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2021.112 Text en The OMJ is Published Bimonthly and Copyrighted 2021 by the OMSB. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
spellingShingle Original Articles
Al Kiyumi, Hamood
Al-Huseini, Salim
Mirza, Hassan
Al Balushi, Naser
Al-Risi, Khalid
Al Toubi, Alsalt
Al Hosni, Amira
Al-Mashaikhi, Talal
Al Balushi, Rola
Al-Adawi, Samir
Depressive Symptoms and Its Correlate Among Children with Epilepsy at Single-center Study in Oman
title Depressive Symptoms and Its Correlate Among Children with Epilepsy at Single-center Study in Oman
title_full Depressive Symptoms and Its Correlate Among Children with Epilepsy at Single-center Study in Oman
title_fullStr Depressive Symptoms and Its Correlate Among Children with Epilepsy at Single-center Study in Oman
title_full_unstemmed Depressive Symptoms and Its Correlate Among Children with Epilepsy at Single-center Study in Oman
title_short Depressive Symptoms and Its Correlate Among Children with Epilepsy at Single-center Study in Oman
title_sort depressive symptoms and its correlate among children with epilepsy at single-center study in oman
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8722311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35024176
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2021.112
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