Chronotypes in Patients with Epilepsy: Does the Type of Epilepsy Make a Difference?
Joint Authors
Attarian, Hrayr
Kendis, Hallie
Baron, Kelly
Schuele, Stephan U.
Patel, Bhavita
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-05-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Circadian rhythms govern all biological functions.
Circadian misalignment has a major impact on health.
Late chronotype is a risk factor for circadian misalignment which in turn can affect the control of seizures in epilepsy patients.
We compared a group of 87 confirmed epilepsy patients regardless of subtypes with age- and sex-matched healthy controls.
We compared generalized epilepsy patients with localization related epilepsy patients and with healthy controls.
We found that primary generalized epilepsy patients were 5 times more likely to have a late chronotype than healthy controls.
We did not find any significant differences between localization related epilepsy patients and healthy controls or between the overall epilepsy cohort and healthy controls.
Generalized epilepsy patients are more likely to be evening types as compared to those with focal epilepsy or subjects without epilepsy.
Epilepsy patients do not experience the same age related increase in morningness as do age-matched healthy controls.
This is important in regard to timing of AED, identifying and preventing sleep deprivation, and integrating chronotype evaluations and chronotherapy in comprehensive epilepsy care.
Further studies, using objective phase markers or the impact of chronotherapy on seizure control, are necessary.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kendis, Hallie& Baron, Kelly& Schuele, Stephan U.& Patel, Bhavita& Attarian, Hrayr. 2015. Chronotypes in Patients with Epilepsy: Does the Type of Epilepsy Make a Difference?. Behavioural Neurology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kendis, Hallie…[et al.]. Chronotypes in Patients with Epilepsy: Does the Type of Epilepsy Make a Difference?. Behavioural Neurology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057593
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kendis, Hallie& Baron, Kelly& Schuele, Stephan U.& Patel, Bhavita& Attarian, Hrayr. Chronotypes in Patients with Epilepsy: Does the Type of Epilepsy Make a Difference?. Behavioural Neurology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057593
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1057593