title: In adolescents with epilepsy, high scores of anxiety and depression are associated with occurrence of seizures in public places.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess depression and anxiety symptoms of adolescents with epilepsy compared with adolescents without epilepsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study sample consisted of: case participants (50 subjects) attending the pediatric epilepsy clinic of a tertiary hospital and control participants (51 subjects) from public schools. The instruments utilized were: identification card with demographic and epilepsy data, Beck Depression Inventory and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant differences were founded between the groups regarding scores for depression and anxiety symptoms but both groups presented moderate scores of anxiety. A correlation was found between low scores anxiety and not frequent seizures, low scores anxiety and perception of seizure control, high scores of anxiety and depression and occurrence of seizures in public places.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Low scores of anxiety are associated with not frequent seizures; high scores of anxiety and depression are associated with occurrence of seizures in public places.
authors: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors: Nathália F
authors: NF
authors: Siqueira
authors: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors: Fernando L B B
authors: FL
authors: Oliveira
authors: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors: Jorge A
authors: JA
authors: Siqueira
authors: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors: Elisabete Abib Pedroso de
authors: EA
authors: Souza
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004777:Environment; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D012640:Seizures / Q000523:psychology*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013732:Test Anxiety Scale; D055815:Young Adult