Personality profiles and clinical syndromes of patients withtonic-clonic seizures

Introduction: Epilepsy is one of the chronic neurological disorders with an incidence rate of 3% in the normal population. Epilepsy may render behavioral changes so that affected people are prone to prolonged interpersonal difficulties. In order to evaluate co-morbidities and potential personality c...

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Main Authors: Ali Reza Shafiee-Kandjani, Mohammad Yahyavi -Mazraeh shadi, Asghar Arfaie, Salman Safikhanlou, Mohsen Jafarzadeh-Gharaziaddin
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Language:English
Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine
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Online Access:http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JARCM/Manuscript/JARCM-6-13.pdf
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author Ali Reza Shafiee-Kandjani
Mohammad Yahyavi -Mazraeh shadi
Asghar Arfaie
Salman Safikhanlou
Mohsen Jafarzadeh-Gharaziaddin
author_facet Ali Reza Shafiee-Kandjani
Mohammad Yahyavi -Mazraeh shadi
Asghar Arfaie
Salman Safikhanlou
Mohsen Jafarzadeh-Gharaziaddin
author_sort Ali Reza Shafiee-Kandjani
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description Introduction: Epilepsy is one of the chronic neurological disorders with an incidence rate of 3% in the normal population. Epilepsy may render behavioral changes so that affected people are prone to prolonged interpersonal difficulties. In order to evaluate co-morbidities and potential personality changes, the study was conducted among the patients with epilepsy in an Iranian population. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional one with a convenience sampling method. The data of 74 patients with epilepsy and 74 non-epileptic patients were collected by clinical interview and Millon clinical multiaxial inventory (MCMI-III) and were analyzed by SPSS software. Results: The average age was 31.70. The highest scores gained in epileptic patients were in narcissistic 14.04 (4.53%), obsessive 14.26 (4.30%), and negativistic domains 14.15 (5.24%), while histrionic 76.38 (28.54%) and obsessive 61.74 (24.03%) patterns were obtained in non-epilepticpeople. There were significant differences between the two groups in all areas except for the debasement index (Z score) and the negativistic personality disorder. There was a significant positive correlation between narcissistic and obsessive personality patterns and post-traumatic stress disorder with education, as well as between sex and drug dependency. Economic and marital status showed correlations with schizoid personality and sadistic personality, respectively. Conclusion: Patients with tonic-clonic seizures have although difficulties in personality (negativistic) and clinical syndrome areas but the results showed lower scores in subscales except for disclosure (X index) compared with non-epileptic individuals. They are more inclined to disclose the problems with worse mental health conditions than non-epileptic people.
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spelling doaj.art-a694c80e4d2045ddb11225c760a61a4e2022-12-21T18:56:48ZengTabriz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine2345-49702018-03-0161132110.15171/jarcm.2018.003JARCM_2672_20171114160402Personality profiles and clinical syndromes of patients withtonic-clonic seizuresAli Reza Shafiee-Kandjani0Mohammad Yahyavi -Mazraeh shadi1Asghar Arfaie2Salman Safikhanlou3Mohsen Jafarzadeh-Gharaziaddin4Social Determinants of Health Research Center, AND Department of Psychiatry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranResearch Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranResearch Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranResearch Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranResearch Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranIntroduction: Epilepsy is one of the chronic neurological disorders with an incidence rate of 3% in the normal population. Epilepsy may render behavioral changes so that affected people are prone to prolonged interpersonal difficulties. In order to evaluate co-morbidities and potential personality changes, the study was conducted among the patients with epilepsy in an Iranian population. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional one with a convenience sampling method. The data of 74 patients with epilepsy and 74 non-epileptic patients were collected by clinical interview and Millon clinical multiaxial inventory (MCMI-III) and were analyzed by SPSS software. Results: The average age was 31.70. The highest scores gained in epileptic patients were in narcissistic 14.04 (4.53%), obsessive 14.26 (4.30%), and negativistic domains 14.15 (5.24%), while histrionic 76.38 (28.54%) and obsessive 61.74 (24.03%) patterns were obtained in non-epilepticpeople. There were significant differences between the two groups in all areas except for the debasement index (Z score) and the negativistic personality disorder. There was a significant positive correlation between narcissistic and obsessive personality patterns and post-traumatic stress disorder with education, as well as between sex and drug dependency. Economic and marital status showed correlations with schizoid personality and sadistic personality, respectively. Conclusion: Patients with tonic-clonic seizures have although difficulties in personality (negativistic) and clinical syndrome areas but the results showed lower scores in subscales except for disclosure (X index) compared with non-epileptic individuals. They are more inclined to disclose the problems with worse mental health conditions than non-epileptic people.http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JARCM/Manuscript/JARCM-6-13.pdfEpilepsyTonic-ClonicPersonalityPersonality Disorder
spellingShingle Ali Reza Shafiee-Kandjani
Mohammad Yahyavi -Mazraeh shadi
Asghar Arfaie
Salman Safikhanlou
Mohsen Jafarzadeh-Gharaziaddin
Personality profiles and clinical syndromes of patients withtonic-clonic seizures
Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine
Epilepsy
Tonic-Clonic
Personality
Personality Disorder
title Personality profiles and clinical syndromes of patients withtonic-clonic seizures
title_full Personality profiles and clinical syndromes of patients withtonic-clonic seizures
title_fullStr Personality profiles and clinical syndromes of patients withtonic-clonic seizures
title_full_unstemmed Personality profiles and clinical syndromes of patients withtonic-clonic seizures
title_short Personality profiles and clinical syndromes of patients withtonic-clonic seizures
title_sort personality profiles and clinical syndromes of patients withtonic clonic seizures
topic Epilepsy
Tonic-Clonic
Personality
Personality Disorder
url http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JARCM/Manuscript/JARCM-6-13.pdf
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