Epilepsy and family expressed emotion: Results of a prospective study

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العنوان: Epilepsy and family expressed emotion: Results of a prospective study
المؤلفون: M. Porcellana, I.I. Iandoli, Massimiliano Beghi, Giordano Invernizzi, Cinzia Bressi, Cesare Maria Cornaggia
المساهمون: Bressi, C, Cornaggia, C, Beghi, M, Porcellana, M, Iandoli, I, Invernizzi, G
المصدر: Seizure. (5):417-423
بيانات النشر: British Epilepsy Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
مصطلحات موضوعية: Adult, Male, Epileptologist, medicine.medical_specialty, Personality Inventory, Clinical Neurology, Hostility, Camberwell family interview, Statistics, Nonparametric, Interpersonal relationship, Epilepsy, Adaptation, Psychological, medicine, Expressed emotion, Humans, Family, Prospective Studies, Psychiatry, Prospective cohort study, Family intervention, Depression (differential diagnoses), Demography, Analysis of Variance, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Epileptic seizures, epilepsy -expressed emotion, Neurology, Patient Compliance, Female, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, Psychology, Clinical psychology, Follow-Up Studies
الوصف: Purpose: To verify the emotional components expressed by the relatives of adult patients with a diagnosis of epilepsy, and whether they are related to adjustment to the illness and the course of the illness over time. Methods: We studied a consecutive sample of 43 outpatients suffering from epilepsy and 43 key relatives using the Camberwell Family Interview (CFI), with the expressed emotion (EE) of the relatives being rated at baseline (T0). EE refers to a construct representing some key aspects of interpersonal relationships: the relatives were assigned to the high-EE group if they scored 3 or more on the emotional over involvement (EOI) scale, or showed hostility, or made 6 or more critical comments. The patients were clinically evaluated at baseline and for 1 year of appropriate treatment by an epileptologist who was blinded to the EE ratings. They also completed STAI XI, STAI X2 and Beck's Depression Inventory at baseline. Results: Twenty-six relatives (60%) were rated as showing a high degree of EE. In the 12-month follow-up study, high EE and high EOI were found to be associated with a significantly higher seizure frequency than that recorded for the patients living in low-EE households (p < 0.05). The patients from households assessed as reflecting a high degree of criticism showed poor drug compliance (p < 0.01), whereas those with relatives assessed as having a high degree of warmth showed better clinical and pharmacological compliance (p < 0.01). High family criticism scores also correlated with higher study entry levels of depression (p < 0.05) and trait and state anxiety (p < 0.05) among the patients. Conclusions: The study findings highlight the impact of particular components of the family emotional climate on the clinical course and psychological adjustment of patients with epilepsy. © 2007 British Epilepsy Association.
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.02.015
الوصول الحر: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::b0766cd2f87e01806bd0ada1495b5d1fTest
حقوق: OPEN
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi.dedup.....b0766cd2f87e01806bd0ada1495b5d1f
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
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تدمد:10591311
DOI:10.1016/j.seizure.2007.02.015