Outcome of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures following diagnosis in the epilepsy monitoring unit.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study the outcome of patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) after their diagnosis in the epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU).

Methods

Patients diagnosed in our EMU with definite PNES between January 2009 and May 2023 were contacted by phone, and those who agreed to participate were asked a set of predetermined questions. Comparative analyses were carried out on several variables before and after diagnosis: number of participants with daily PNES, number of visits to the emergency department, number of participants who consulted their general practitioner or a neurologist outside of a scheduled follow-up, number of participants who took antiseizure medications (ASMs) or psychotropic drugs, and employment status.

Results

Out of the 103 patients w

SUBMITTER: Abi-Nahed R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10899437 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature