Personality Functioning in Current Epilepsy Patients and People Recovered from Epilepsy

The aim of the current study is to examine the effect of epilepsy recovery on personality traits by analyzing data from a large representative cohort from the United Kingdom. This study used data from Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS). A predictive normative modellin...

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Main Authors: Weixi Kang, Antonio Malvaso
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-841X/6/2/21
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description The aim of the current study is to examine the effect of epilepsy recovery on personality traits by analyzing data from a large representative cohort from the United Kingdom. This study used data from Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS). A predictive normative modelling approach along with one-sample t-tests were used to analyze the personality trait differences between 190 current epilepsy patients (40% male) with a mean age of 43.95 ± 15.68 years and 102 previous epilepsy patients (45.1% male) with a mean age of 47.50 ± 15.27 years. People who recovered from epilepsy had lower Neuroticism but higher Openness, Conscientiousness, and Extraversion scores than people who did not recover from epilepsy after controlling for demographic covariates, which can be potentially explained by the psychophysiological pathways. Health professionals can make better post-discharge plans based on personality traits as a result of epilepsy recovery.
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spelling doaj.art-a3757a37bfcc4a9bb4ad618330661ecd2023-11-18T12:28:02ZengMDPI AGReports2571-841X2023-05-01622110.3390/reports6020021Personality Functioning in Current Epilepsy Patients and People Recovered from EpilepsyWeixi Kang0Antonio Malvaso1UK DRI Care Research and Technology Centre, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, UKIRCCS “C. Mondino” Foundation, National Neurological Institute, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, ItalyThe aim of the current study is to examine the effect of epilepsy recovery on personality traits by analyzing data from a large representative cohort from the United Kingdom. This study used data from Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS). A predictive normative modelling approach along with one-sample t-tests were used to analyze the personality trait differences between 190 current epilepsy patients (40% male) with a mean age of 43.95 ± 15.68 years and 102 previous epilepsy patients (45.1% male) with a mean age of 47.50 ± 15.27 years. People who recovered from epilepsy had lower Neuroticism but higher Openness, Conscientiousness, and Extraversion scores than people who did not recover from epilepsy after controlling for demographic covariates, which can be potentially explained by the psychophysiological pathways. Health professionals can make better post-discharge plans based on personality traits as a result of epilepsy recovery.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-841X/6/2/21personalityepilepsyneuroticismopennessconscientiousnessextraversion
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Personality Functioning in Current Epilepsy Patients and People Recovered from Epilepsy
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personality
epilepsy
neuroticism
openness
conscientiousness
extraversion
title Personality Functioning in Current Epilepsy Patients and People Recovered from Epilepsy
title_full Personality Functioning in Current Epilepsy Patients and People Recovered from Epilepsy
title_fullStr Personality Functioning in Current Epilepsy Patients and People Recovered from Epilepsy
title_full_unstemmed Personality Functioning in Current Epilepsy Patients and People Recovered from Epilepsy
title_short Personality Functioning in Current Epilepsy Patients and People Recovered from Epilepsy
title_sort personality functioning in current epilepsy patients and people recovered from epilepsy
topic personality
epilepsy
neuroticism
openness
conscientiousness
extraversion
url https://www.mdpi.com/2571-841X/6/2/21
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