Acute Pain Perception in Patients with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures and its Relationship with Mood Disorders
Objectives:It has been found that pain response is higher in patients with depression and anxiety and also found higher in the patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). However, these studies are limited in number and they are mainly focused on the chronic pain perception. We aimed to...
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| author | Bengi Gul TURK Gözde AKBABA Seher Naz YENİ |
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| description | Objectives:It has been found that pain response is higher in patients with depression and anxiety and also found higher in the patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). However, these studies are limited in number and they are mainly focused on the chronic pain perception. We aimed to investigate anxiety and depression levels and the perception of acute pain along with childhood traumas among the patients with PNES.Methods:In our study, a total of 100 gender- and age-matched patients with PNES and 50 healthy controls were included in the study. The beck depression inventory (BDI), the beck anxiety inventory (BAI), and the childhood trauma questionnaire-28 were applied to all the participants. Pain perception was also evaluated by applying gradually increasing pressure with tension cuff while the participants were in a seated position. While the tension was about 180 mmHg, the participants were asked to evaluate their pain using the visual analog scale (VAS).Results:The major findings of our study are as follows: (i) The BDI and BAI scores were significantly higher in the PNES group than in the control group; (ii) VAS scores were significantly higher in the PNES group than in the control group; and (iii) among the PNES group, BAI scores were correlated with VAS scores.Conclusion:PNES is experienced by a heterogeneous patient group, and its underlying factors are still not well described. Depression and anxiety are common accompanying factors, and the pain response is higher in patients with PNES with high anxiety levels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f382303056864f479c67e2dbc2fab09d2023-08-01T11:12:45ZengGalenos YayineviArchives of Epilepsy2792-05502021-06-01272919510.14744/epilepsi.2020.4271313049054Acute Pain Perception in Patients with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures and its Relationship with Mood DisordersBengi Gul TURK0Gözde AKBABA1Seher Naz YENİ2 Department of Neurology, Cizre State Hospital, Sirnak, Turkey Department of Psychiatry, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey Department of Neurology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey Objectives:It has been found that pain response is higher in patients with depression and anxiety and also found higher in the patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). However, these studies are limited in number and they are mainly focused on the chronic pain perception. We aimed to investigate anxiety and depression levels and the perception of acute pain along with childhood traumas among the patients with PNES.Methods:In our study, a total of 100 gender- and age-matched patients with PNES and 50 healthy controls were included in the study. The beck depression inventory (BDI), the beck anxiety inventory (BAI), and the childhood trauma questionnaire-28 were applied to all the participants. Pain perception was also evaluated by applying gradually increasing pressure with tension cuff while the participants were in a seated position. While the tension was about 180 mmHg, the participants were asked to evaluate their pain using the visual analog scale (VAS).Results:The major findings of our study are as follows: (i) The BDI and BAI scores were significantly higher in the PNES group than in the control group; (ii) VAS scores were significantly higher in the PNES group than in the control group; and (iii) among the PNES group, BAI scores were correlated with VAS scores.Conclusion:PNES is experienced by a heterogeneous patient group, and its underlying factors are still not well described. Depression and anxiety are common accompanying factors, and the pain response is higher in patients with PNES with high anxiety levels. http://archepilepsy.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/acute-pain-perception-in-patients-with-psychogenic/54653 anxietydepressionpain perceptionpsychogenic non-epileptic seizures |
| spellingShingle | Bengi Gul TURK Gözde AKBABA Seher Naz YENİ Acute Pain Perception in Patients with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures and its Relationship with Mood Disorders Archives of Epilepsy anxiety depression pain perception psychogenic non-epileptic seizures |
| title | Acute Pain Perception in Patients with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures and its Relationship with Mood Disorders |
| title_full | Acute Pain Perception in Patients with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures and its Relationship with Mood Disorders |
| title_fullStr | Acute Pain Perception in Patients with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures and its Relationship with Mood Disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute Pain Perception in Patients with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures and its Relationship with Mood Disorders |
| title_short | Acute Pain Perception in Patients with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures and its Relationship with Mood Disorders |
| title_sort | acute pain perception in patients with psychogenic non epileptic seizures and its relationship with mood disorders |
| topic | anxiety depression pain perception psychogenic non-epileptic seizures |
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