Control Investigation of Psychologic Status between Post-traumatic Epilepsy Patients and Their Spouses
- VernacularTitle:外伤后癫痫患者与配偶心理健康状况的对照研究
- Author:
Chen LI
;
Senyang LANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
post-traumatic epilepsy, spouse, psychosomatic disorder, Symptom Checklist-90, Hamilton Anxiety Scale, Hamilton Depression Scale
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2009;15(2):180-182
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate and compare the special psychologic characteristics of the post-traumatic epilepsy patients and their spouses.Methods The complete clinical data of 244 patients and their spouses were retrospectively and constractively analyzed. There were two distinct groups because of the etiology: group A including 122 patients of post-traumatic epilepsy and their spouses, and group B including essential epilepsy. Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90), Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA), Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) were used to evaluate the psychologic status of objects.Results All of the single-item score of SCL-90 were significantly higher than the China norm (P<0.01) in both groups, and the score in group A was higher than that in group B. But the characteristics of the abnormal data were diffierent in patient from in spouse. The scores of the post-traumatic patients were higher than that of the spouses in 3 items, and lower in 5 items. Specially the depression and anxiety emotion of the spouses were more obvious than the patients in group A (P<0.01).Conclusion Both the patient and spouse have the conspicuous psychosomatic disorder, and the appearance is diffierent from each other. The psychosomatic disorder of post-traumatic epilepsy patient and spouse is more conspicuous than the essential epilepsy.
