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EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR
Volume 3, Issue 2, Pages 165-172Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2002.0320
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epilepsy; subjective memory complaints; neuroticism
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This study reports the results of a multicenter study on memory complaints in 252 patients with epilepsy who presented with subjective complaints about memory problems in daily life. Memory complaints were measured with a standardized memory questionnaire (GKLE). The main purpose was to analyze the type of memory complaints and to examine the relationship between subjective complaints and several epilepsy-related factors. These include seizure type, lateralization and location of the focus, etiology, duration, age at onset, and antiepileptic medication. As expected patients experienced significantly more memory complaints. In particular, patients of older age and higher intelligence level complained more about their memory functioning. Although the clinical significance is marginal, neuroticism showed a significant relationship to the total complaint score. The total amount of subjective complaints is not related to the localization or lateralization of the epileptic disturbances. Patients with a longer duration of epilepsy complained significantly more about memory problems, especially about retrieving information from memory. All other epilepsy-related factors showed no relationship to memory complaints. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).
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